%0 Dataset
%T Soil of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/73f319f1-6467-474e-968f-3a815b5d5539
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.01604
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Amu Darya Delta;Karakalpak
%X The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic occupies the territory of the Amu Darya Delta, the southern region of the Aral Sea, and the adjacent areas of Ustyurt and Kyzylkum. The republic is located between 40°58′ and 45°39′ north latitude and between 56°00′ and 62°33′ east longitude. To the west, north, and northeast, the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic borders the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic; to the south, it borders the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic; and to the east and southeast, it borders the Bukhara and Khorezm regions of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. The territory stretches 420 kilometers from north to south and 550 kilometers from east to west. Its total area is 167,000 square kilometers.The Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic possesses enormous and still insufficiently utilized potential for diverse agricultural development. The foundation of its economy is oasis irrigated agriculture. However, owing to its vast pastures, reed beds, and numerous bodies of water, agriculture here is uniquely combined with semi-stall and migratory livestock husbandry, as well as fisheries, hunting, and fur-animal breeding.However, of the total land area suitable for irrigation, the irrigation system of Karakalpakia covers less than 400,000 hectares, of which approximately 270,000 hectares are arable land, while the actual sown area amounts to only about 175,000 hectares. Large expanses of virgin land and long-fallow land, despite having access to the powerful irrigation source of the Amu Darya, have not yet been brought under cultivation. This situation is largely due to the fact that Karakalpakia’s rich natural resources are accompanied by considerable difficulties in development. In particular, the success of irrigating new lands and the effective use of old lands for irrigated crops depend entirely on solving the complex problem of preventing and combating soil salinization. Furthermore, in many areas, agriculture is po