Monday, 18 August 2014

Taklamakan Desert, China


The Taklamakan Desert, is a desert in southwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China. The Desert has an area of 337,000 km2 and includes the Tarim Basin, which is 1,000 kilometres long and 400 kilometres wide. It is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains and Tian Shan (ancient Mount Imeon) to the west and north, and the Gobi Desert to the east. Because it lies in the rain shadow of the Himalayas,Taklamakan is a paradigmatic cold desert climate.

Images of Taklamakan Desert, China




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