The film is intended for use in high school geography lessons. The film tells about the desert plains of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Kazakh SSR. Desert plain. Gas jet. Oil refineries. NDP on the oil tank: "TAKE, MOTHERLAND!". Oil reservoirs. Sand ridge. Saxaul tree. A type of camel thorn and sandy sedge. The camel walks through the desert. The tumbleweed plant is moving. Dunes. Sandstorm. Wormwood and hodgepodge plants grow on scorched earth. Otara sheep. The shepherd pours water into the drinking bowl. Lizard, scarab beetle, turtle, ant lion, snake, hedgehog, gopher, scorpion, monitor lizard. Turkmen SSR. Amu Darya river. Delta of the river. View of floating pelicans and flying herons. Seagull's nest. Roe deer, ferret. An oasis by the river. Karakum canal. Bulldozer at the construction of the canal. Sprinkler. Vacationers at the Ashgabat Sea. Fruit trees. Shore of the Caspian Sea. Mineral type - mirabilite mineral in the Kara-Bogaz-Gol Bay. Fishing in the Caspian Sea. Batkhyz reserve. Jeyrans, kulans, swans to nature reserves. View of a pistachio tree.