Kattashor Lake

The lowlands around Hazarasp lie in the southern part of the Khwarazm oasis, near the lower Oxus and the edge of the desert. Lakes and marshy hollows occur among the river's old channels and the flat cultivated lands. The waters of the Oxus have shifted across this plain over time, leaving traces of former courses in a landscape where salt can accumulate in the soil. Hazarasp's fortified town stood amid this extensive oasis country.