Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupfuura 80% yenyika yakafukidzwa neGwenga reKarakum. Nechepakati penyika iyi pane nzvimbo inonzi Turan Depression uye murenje rinonzi Karakum. Pamusoro penzvimbo, Turkmenistan inoganhurwa neUstyurt Plateau kuchamhembe, Kopet Dag Range kumaodzanyemba, Paropamyz Plateau, Koytendag Range kumabvazuva, Amu Darya Valley, uye Gungwa reCaspian kumadokero. Turkmenistan inosanganisira matunhu matatu e tectonic, iyo Epigersin chikuva dunhu, Alpine shrinkage dunhu, uye Epiplatform orogenesis dunhu. Nzvimbo inonzi Alpine tectonic ndiyo inonyanya kudengenyeka muTurkmenistan. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakasimba kwakaitika muKopet Dag Range muna 1869, 1893, 1895, 1929, 1948, uye 1994. Guta reAshgabat nemisha yakapoteredza rakaparadzwa zvikuru nokudengenyeka kwa1948
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