Lake of Khwarazm
بحيرة خوارزم
A lake ringed by desert; al-Idrisi says its circuit is about three hundred miles, several rivers flow into it, and it lies about eighteen stages from the sea. 1
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Lake Khwarazm: a lake surrounded by wastelands. al-Idrisi reports that its circuit is about three hundred miles, that rivers flow into it, and that it lies about eighteen stages from the sea. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 699
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.699
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