The 600-hectare and 262-meter tall Sarykum Barkhan (Sand Berm), called Sarikhum by the locals, is located northwest of Makhachkala on the left bank of the Shuraozen River. It is the tallest sand dune in Eurasia.
- Package: Views opf Dagestan
- Categories: Environmental Issues
- Location: Republic of Dagestan, Russia
- Event date: 23.05.2015
- Date published: 27.05.2015
- Author: Ekaterina Chesnokova
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4255x2672px, 7.2Mb