Taklamakan Desert
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View of the Taklamakan desert
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| Simplified Chinese | 塔克拉瑪干沙漠 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 塔克拉瑪幹沙漠 | ||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||
| Uyghur |
تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò |
| Wade–Giles | T'a3-k'e4-la1-ma3-kan1 Sha1-mo4 |
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| Latin Yëziqi | Teklimakan qumluqi |
| Yengi Yeziⱪ | Təklimakan ⱪumluⱪi |
| Siril Yëziqi | Təклимакан қумлуқи |
The Taklamakan Desert /ˌtæk.lə.məˈkæn/ (Chinese: 塔克拉玛干沙漠 Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ; Uyghur: تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى; Dungan: Такəламаган Шамə), also spelled "Taklimakan" and "Teklimakan", is a desert in southwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China. 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.
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