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7 f, ^9 e5 ]% A7 P, R0 }The 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.2 |/ x/ l- j! w5 n% L' n
It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road.' M* ]) A' z9 D$ }$ I6 @ @8 F. T
"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.; S2 ~$ M+ s& J% w, u1 ]
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." |