Tarim Basin

E22080
desert basin endorheic basin geographical region

The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic desert basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, historically a key crossroads of the Silk Road and home to diverse ancient cultures.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Tarim Basin canonical 56
Taklamakan Desert 3
eastern Tarim Basin 2

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert basin ⓘ
endorheic basin ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
ancientLanguages Saka ⓘ
Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form: Tocharian
ancientStates Kingdom of Khotan ⓘ
Kingdom of Kucha ⓘ
Loulan ⓘ
Shanshan ⓘ
area approximately 1,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy Altyn-Tagh Mountains ⓘ
Kunlun Mountains ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tien Shan ⓘ
surface form: Tian Shan
climate continental desert climate ⓘ
contains Yarkand River ⓘ
surface form: Aksu River

Hotan ⓘ
Tarim River ⓘ
surface form: Hotan River

Kashgar ⓘ
Korla ⓘ
Kuqa ⓘ
Tarim Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lop Nur

Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
Tarim River ⓘ
Turpan ⓘ
Yarkand River ⓘ
country China ⓘ
drainageType internal drainage ⓘ
ethnicGroups Han Chinese ⓘ
Kazakhs ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
Uyghurs ⓘ
geologicalFeature Cenozoic sedimentary basin ⓘ
foreland basin ⓘ
hasMajorDesert Tarim Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Taklamakan Desert
hasMajorOasis Kashgar ⓘ
surface form: Kashgar Oasis

Tarim Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khotan Oasis

Turpan Depression ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Tarim River ⓘ
hasNaturalResource coal ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
highestPoint mountain ranges surrounding the basin ⓘ
historicalRole contact zone between East Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
key crossroads of the Silk Road ⓘ
trade corridor between China and the Mediterranean ⓘ
hydrology endorheic ⓘ
knownFor Tarim mummies ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
diverse ancient cultures ⓘ
extremely arid climate ⓘ
locatedIn Western China ⓘ
surface form: Northwest China

Xinjiang ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
lowestPoint Turpan Depression ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity cotton cultivation ⓘ
natural gas extraction ⓘ
oil extraction ⓘ
partOf Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road region

Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
shape oval-shaped basin ⓘ

Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tocharian languages → spokenIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tocharian languages → geographicDistribution → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kucha region
Tocharian languages → geographicDistribution → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karashahr region
Tocharian languages → geographicDistribution → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turfan region
Tien Shan → border → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tien Shan → border → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taklamakan Desert
Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taklamakan Desert
Tarim Basin → hasMajorDesert → Tarim Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taklamakan Desert
Tarim Basin → hasMajorOasis → Tarim Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khotan Oasis
Tarim Basin → contains → Tarim Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lop Nur
Xinjiang → containsBasin → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Uyghur language (historically) → region → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tang dynasty → territoryIncludes → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Uyghurs → populationCenter → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Celestial Mountains → separates → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system → separates → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Dzungarian Basin → separatedFrom → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kashgar → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Southeastern Turkic → historicalCenter → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tarim River → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tarim River → flowsThrough → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tarim River → mouth → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lop Nur region
Tarim River → basin → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tarim River → ecoregion → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarim Basin desert
Sogdians → diasporaPresence → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tarim mummies → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kingdom of Kucha → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kingdom of Kucha → partOf → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarim Basin city-states
Shanshan → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Tarim Basin
Saka languages → region → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kunlun Mountains → separates → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kunlun Mountains → formsBoundaryBetween → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Saka → spokenIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kingdom of Khotan → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Innermost Asia → coversRegion → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Loulan → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Tarim Basin
Loulan → partOf → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Altyn-Tagh Mountains → locatedNear → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Altyn-Tagh Mountains → borderRegionOf → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Taklamakan Desert → partOf → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Hotan → historicalRegion → Tarim Basin ⓘ
East Turkestan Republic → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Korla → historicalRegion → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kuqa → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Kuqa → region → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Xinjiang
Yarkand River → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Yarkand River → locatedIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwestern Tarim Basin
Yarkand River → drainageBasin → Tarim Basin ⓘ
Yarkand River → terminatesIn → Tarim Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: endorheic Tarim Basin