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& b2 e; i& ^& K, H" i2 HThe Taklamakan is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is known as the largest sandy desert in the world. It covers an area of 270,000 km² of the Tarim Basin, extending between roughly 78° to 88° E longitude and 37° to 40° N latitude.
. X& j* V+ k% U. E [It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road.
' h9 r# c. W! c$ q4 X4 w% rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"According to National Geographic, temperature is extremely variable on both a daily and a seasonal basis, changing by as much as 20 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) from day to night and 30 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit) from summer to winter.- F/ D% A ?2 d
The Taklimakan is bounded by the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas: to the North by the snow-covered Tian Shan Mountain range and to the South by the Kunlun Mountains." |