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3 S: a0 J1 H. Y$ U' Q. q& OThe 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: }5 Q a0 `0 U7 b( {7 e
It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road.
6 |, {! o2 G; V/ _"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.
# S% Z {7 j0 k1 C! L- z5.39.217.76The 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." |