Tarim Basin

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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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert basin → endorheic basin → geographical region →
ancientLanguages	Saka → 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 → Tian Shan →
climate	continental desert climate →
contains	Aksu River → Hotan → Hotan River → Kashgar → Korla → Kuqa → 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	Taklamakan Desert →
hasMajorOasis	Kashgar Oasis → 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	Northwest China → Xinjiang →
locatedInTimeZone	China Standard Time →
locatedOnContinent	Asia →
lowestPoint	Turpan Depression →
majorEconomicActivity	cotton cultivation → natural gas extraction → oil extraction →
partOf	Silk Road region → Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region →
shape	oval-shaped basin →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tocharian languages ("Kucha region") → Tocharian languages ("Karashahr region") → Tocharian languages ("Turfan region") →	geographicDistribution
Tien Shan → Tien Shan ("Taklamakan Desert") →	border
Silk Road routes → Silk Road routes ("Taklamakan Desert") →	passesThrough
Celestial Mountains → Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system →	separates
Tarim Basin ("Lop Nur") →	contains
Xinjiang →	containsBasin
Tarim Basin ("Taklamakan Desert") →	hasMajorDesert
Tarim Basin ("Khotan Oasis") →	hasMajorOasis
Kashgar →	locatedIn
Uyghurs →	populationCenter
Uyghur language (historically) →	region
Dzungarian Basin →	separatedFrom
Tocharian languages →	spokenIn
Tang dynasty →	territoryIncludes