On Being Prepared:
http://www.desertusa.com/mag07/aug07/survivalkit.html#ixzz3WB1pO9lB
On weather:
http://www.answers.com/Q/Is_Turkestan_a_hot_or_cold_desert
https://wildtracks.wordpress.com/world-ecosystems/desert-ecosystems/cold-desert-ecosystem/
On Animals/Fauna:
http://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/tortoise.htm
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/gerbil/
Mackenzie Langendoen
http://turkestan.biz/en/travel-in-turkestan/about-kyrgizstan/animals/
On Plants/Flora:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhagi
http://www.desertusa.com/flora/saxaul.html
http://www.essortment.com/plants-turkestan-desert-158928.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarix
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/plants-grasses-sedges-rushes-nz-natives.html
http://www.desertusa.com/mag07/aug07/survivalkit.html#ixzz3WB1pO9lB
On weather:
http://www.answers.com/Q/Is_Turkestan_a_hot_or_cold_desert
https://wildtracks.wordpress.com/world-ecosystems/desert-ecosystems/cold-desert-ecosystem/
On Animals/Fauna:
http://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/tortoise.htm
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/gerbil/
Mackenzie Langendoen
http://turkestan.biz/en/travel-in-turkestan/about-kyrgizstan/animals/
On Plants/Flora:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhagi
http://www.desertusa.com/flora/saxaul.html
http://www.essortment.com/plants-turkestan-desert-158928.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarix
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/plants-grasses-sedges-rushes-nz-natives.html