新疆沙漠雪。 7 A2 e" y$ }' k# ~( @8 d' PThe 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. ) P, T. p j5 {0 e, p$ h: t0 W1 U& \公仔箱論壇It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road.+ X, M+ G# `: ^( ?& w, w. c
"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. ; P O7 p; W: X# H! N! }# g) N+ L% C公仔箱論壇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."