Hydrology |
Precipitation approx. 90 mm, annual average potential evapotranspiration
approx. 1,500 mm (Conrad 2006)
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Soils |
Medium and heavy loam soil textures prevailing, clayey light loam and sandy
loam soils less widespread, approx. 50% of soils moderately or strongly saline
(Ibrakhimov et al. 2007)
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Crops |
Main crops in summer are cotton and rice, in winter, spring wheat; all crops
irrigated either with basin or furrow irrigation
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Villages |
Ortayop and Uyghur with approx. 5900 and 5000 residents, respectively. The
majority of the population involved in agriculture either as private farmers,
peasants, workers on private farms, or a combination of the latter
two.
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