Tarim basin
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Tarim Basin
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| Chinese | 塔里木盆地 | ||||||||||
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| Nanjiang | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 南疆 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Southern Xinjiang | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur |
تارىم ئويمانلىقى
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tǎlǐmù Péndì |
| Wade–Giles | T'a3-li3-mu4 P'en2-ti4 |
| IPA | [tʰàkʰùmû pʰə̌ntî] |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Nánjiāng |
| Wade–Giles | Nan2-chiang1 |
| IPA | [nǎntɕi̯áŋ] |
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| Latin Yëziqi | Tarim Oymanliqi |
| Yengi Yeziⱪ | Tarim Oymanliⱪi |
| Siril Yëziqi | Тарим ойманлиқи |
Coordinates: 39°N 83°E / 39°N 83°E
The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in northwest China occupying an area of about 1,020,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi). Located in China's Xinjiang region, it is sometimes used synonymously to refer the southern half of the province, or Nanjiang (Chinese: 南疆; pinyin: Nánjiāng; literally: "Southern Xinjiang"). Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and its southern boundary is the Kunlun Mountains on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Taklamakan Desert dominates much of the basin. The historical Uyghur name for the Tarim Basin is Altishahr (六域), which means "six cities" in Uyghur.
Xinjiang consists of two main geographically, historically, and ethnically distinct regions with different historical names, Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Altishahr), before Qing China unified them into one political entity called Xinjiang province in 1884. At the time of the Qing conquest in 1759, Dzungaria was inhabited by steppe dwelling, nomadic Tibetan Buddhist Dzungar people, while the Tarim Basin (Altishahr) was inhabited by sedentary, oasis dwelling, Turkic speaking Muslim farmers, now known as the Uyghur people. They were governed separately until 1884.
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