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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تكلامكان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تكلامكان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamak%C3%A1n" title="Taklamakán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Taklamakán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C9%99kl%C9%99m%C9%99kan" title="Təkləməkan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Təkləməkan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%88" title="تکله‌مکان چؤلو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="تکله‌مکان چؤلو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF" title="তাকলা মাকান মরুভূমি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="তাকলা মাকান মরুভূমি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_Soa-b%C3%B4%CD%98" title="Taklamakan Soa-bô͘ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Taklamakan Soa-bô͘" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла-Макан – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Такла-Макан" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла-Макан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Такла-Макан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такламакан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Такламакан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezerzh_Taklamakan" title="Dezerzh Taklamakan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Dezerzh Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan_Desert" title="Takla Makan Desert – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Takla Makan Desert" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklimakan" title="Taklimakan – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Taklimakan" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Τάκλα Μακάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τάκλα Μακάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamak%C3%A1n" title="Taklamakán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Taklamakán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakano" title="Taklamakano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Taklamakano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تکله‌مکان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تکله‌مکان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sert_du_Taklamakan" title="Désert du Taklamakan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Désert du Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%ED%81%B4%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88%EC%B9%B8_%EC%82%AC%EB%A7%89" title="타클라마칸 사막 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="타클라마칸 사막" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Տակլա Մական – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տակլա Մական" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="टकलामकान – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="टकलामकान" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurun_Taklamakan" title="Gurun Taklamakan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gurun Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserto_del_Taklamakan" title="Deserto del Taklamakan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Deserto del Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9F" title="טקלה מקאן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טקלה מקאן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF" title="ಟಾಕ್ಲಮಕಾನ್ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಟಾಕ್ಲಮಕಾನ್ ಮರುಭೂಮಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ტაკლა-მაკანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტაკლა-მაკანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jangwa_la_Taklamakan" title="Jangwa la Taklamakan – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Jangwa la Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ola_Taklamakan" title="Çola Taklamakan – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Çola Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла-Макан – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Такла-Макан" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakans" title="Taklamakans – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Taklamakans" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakanas" title="Taklamakanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Taklamakanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla-Mak%C3%A1n" title="Takla-Makán – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Takla-Makán" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла Макан – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Такла Макан" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF" title="തകെലമഗൻ മരുഭൂമി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="തകെലമഗൻ മരുഭൂമി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تكلامكان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تكلامكان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurun_Taklamakan" title="Gurun Taklamakan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gurun Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E7%A0%82%E6%BC%A0" title="タクラマカン砂漠 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="タクラマカン砂漠" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8_%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%AD%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BF" title="ତାକଲାମାକାନ ମରୁଭୂମି – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ତାକଲାମାକାନ ମରୁଭୂମି" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakon" title="Taklamakon – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Taklamakon" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%B2" title="ਤਕਲਾਮਕਾਨ ਮਾਰੂਥਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਤਕਲਾਮਕਾਨ ਮਾਰੂਥਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تکلامکان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="تکلامکان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taclamac%C3%A3" title="Taclamacã – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Taclamacã" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла-Макан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Такла-Макан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_Desert" title="Taklamakan Desert – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Taklamakan Desert" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shkret%C3%ABtira_Taklamakan" title="Shkretëtira Taklamakan – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Shkretëtira Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_Desert" title="Taklamakan Desert – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Taklamakan Desert" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" title="Taklamakan – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%95%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%95%D9%85%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="بیابانی تەکلەمەکان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بیابانی تەکلەمەکان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла Макан – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Такла Макан" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurun_Taklamakan" title="Gurun Taklamakan – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Gurun Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklimakan" title="Taklimakan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Taklimakan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takla_Makan" title="Takla Makan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Takla Makan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilang_ng_Taklamakan" title="Ilang ng Taklamakan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Ilang ng Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="தக்கிலமாக்கான் பாலைவனம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தக்கிலமாக்கான் பாலைவனம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF" title="తక్లమకాన్ ఎడారి – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="తక్లమకాన్ ఎడారి" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="ทะเลทรายทากลามากัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ทะเลทรายทากลามากัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_%C3%87%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Taklamakan Çölü – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Taklamakan Çölü" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Такла-Макан – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Такла-Макан" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86" title="صحرائے تکلامکان – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="صحرائے تکلامکان" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%95%D9%83%D9%84%D9%89%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%DB%87%D9%85%D9%84%DB%87%D9%82%D9%89" title="تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa_m%E1%BA%A1c_Taklamakan" title="Sa mạc Taklamakan – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Sa mạc Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disyerto_Taklamakan" title="Disyerto Taklamakan – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Disyerto Taklamakan" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%94%E5%85%8B%E6%8B%89%E7%8E%9B%E5%B9%B2%E6%B2%99%E6%BC%A0" title="塔克拉玛干沙漠 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="塔克拉玛干沙漠" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" 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For the novelette by Bruce Sterling, see <a href="/wiki/Taklamakan_(short_story)" title="Taklamakan (short story)">Taklamakan (short story)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="line-height: 1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Taklamakan Desert</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taklamakan_desert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Taklamakan_desert.jpg/272px-Taklamakan_desert.jpg" decoding="async" width="272" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Taklamakan_desert.jpg/408px-Taklamakan_desert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Taklamakan_desert.jpg/544px-Taklamakan_desert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="739" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">View of the Taklamakan desert</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tarimrivermap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Tarimrivermap.png/272px-Tarimrivermap.png" decoding="async" width="272" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Tarimrivermap.png/408px-Tarimrivermap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Tarimrivermap.png/544px-Tarimrivermap.png 2x" data-file-width="1449" data-file-height="983" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Taklamakan Desert and <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Basin" title="Tarim Basin">Tarim Basin</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">337,000 km<sup>2</sup> (130,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data label">China</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State/Province</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Taklamakan_Desert&params=38.9_N_82.2_E_region:CN-65_type:landmark_scale:5000000_dim:607km"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°54′N</span> <span class="longitude">82°12′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.9°N 82.2°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.9; 82.2</span></span></span></a></span></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="font-size: 1rem"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">塔克拉瑪干沙漠</span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="font-size: 1rem"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">塔克拉玛干沙漠</span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tʻa³-kʻo⁴-la¹-ma³-kan¹ Sha<sup>1</sup>-mo<sup>4</sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">other Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Xiao%27erjing" title="Xiao'erjing">Xiao'erjing</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Arab" dir="rtl">تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Thah-khek-lá-má-kan Soa-bo̍k</td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Dunganese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Dungan_language" title="Dungan language">Dungan</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Такәламаган Шамә</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Uyghur name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_language" title="Uyghur language">Uyghur</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="direction:rtl;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1074196468">.mw-parser-output .font-uig{font-family:"UKIJ Tuz","UKIJ Nasq","UKIJ Basma","UKIJ_Mac Basma","UKIJ Zilwa","UKIJ Esliye","UKIJ Tuz Basma","UKIJ Tuz Kitab","UKIJ Tuz Gezit","UKIJ Tuz Qara","UKIJ Tuz Qara","UKIJ Tuz Tor","UKIJ Kesme","UKIJ Kesme Tuz","UKIJ Qara","UKIJ Basma Aq","UKIJ Basma Qara","UKIJ Basma Tuz","UKIJ Putuk","UKIJ Tuz Xet","UKIJ Tom Xet","UKIJ Tuz Jurnal","UKIJ Arabic","UKIJ CJK","UKIJ Ekran","UKIJ_Mac Ekran","UKIJ Teng","UKIJ Tor","UKIJ Tuz Tom","UKIJ Mono Keng","UKIJ Mono Tar","UKIJ Nokia","UKIJ SimSun","UKIJ Yanfon","UKIJ Qolyazma","UKIJ Saet","UKIJ Nasq Zilwa","UKIJ Sulus","UKIJ Sulus Tom","UKIJ 3D","UKIJ Diwani","UKIJ Diwani Yantu","UKIJ Diwani Tom","UKIJ Esliye Tom","UKIJ Esliye Qara","UKIJ Jelliy","UKIJ Kufi","UKIJ Kufi Tar","UKIJ Kufi Uz","UKIJ Kufi Yay","UKIJ Merdane","UKIJ Ruqi","UKIJ Mejnuntal","UKIJ Junun","UKIJ Moy Qelem","UKIJ Chiwer Kesme","UKIJ Orxun-Yensey","UKIJ Elipbe","UKIJ Qolyazma Tez","UKIJ Qolyazma Tuz","UKIJ Qolyazma Yantu","UKIJ Ruqi Tuz",FZWWBBOT_Unicode,FZWWHQHTOT_Unicode,"Scheherazade New",Scheherazade,Lateef,LateefGR,"Microsoft Uighur","Noto Naskh Arabic","Times New Roman",Arial,"Microsoft Sans Serif";font-feature-settings:"cv50"1}</style><span lang="ug" class="font-uig" style="font-size:125%;"> تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى </span>‎</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_Latin_alphabet" title="Uyghur Latin alphabet">Latin Yëziqi</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Teklimakan qumluqi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_New_Script" title="Uyghur New Script">Yengi Yeziⱪ</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Təklimakan ⱪumluⱪi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uyghur_Cyrillic_alphabet" title="Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet">Siril Yëziqi</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Тәклимакан қумлуқи</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">  </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Taklamakan Desert</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">TAK-lə-mə-KAN</i></a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a> in northwest <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang region</a>. Located inside the <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Basin" title="Tarim Basin">Tarim Basin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Xinjiang" title="Southern Xinjiang">Southern Xinjiang</a>, it is bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Kunlun_Mountains" title="Kunlun Mountains">Kunlun Mountains</a> to the south, the <a href="/wiki/Pamir_Mountains" title="Pamir Mountains">Pamir Mountains</a> to the west, the <a href="/wiki/Tian_Shan" title="Tian Shan">Tian Shan</a> range to the north, and the <a href="/wiki/Gobi_Desert" title="Gobi Desert">Gobi Desert</a> to the east. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While most researchers agree on <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">makan</i></span> being the <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> word for "place", etymology of <i>Takla</i> is less clear. The word may be a <a href="/wiki/Uyghur_language" title="Uyghur language">Uyghur</a> borrowing of the Persian <span title="Persian-language text"><i lang="fa-Latn">tark</i></span>, "to leave alone/out/behind, relinquish, abandon" + <i>makan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> “Taklā” also means “bald” in <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindi/Urdu</a>, so it translates to “bald land” meaning land with no vegetation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Another plausible explanation suggests it is derived from <a href="/wiki/Chagatai_language" title="Chagatai language">Turki</a> <i>taqlar makan</i>, describing "the place of ruins".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese scholars <a href="/wiki/Wang_Guowei" title="Wang Guowei">Wang Guowei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huang_Wenbi" title="Huang Wenbi">Huang Wenbi</a> linked the name to the <a href="/wiki/Tocharians" title="Tocharians">Tocharians</a>, a historical people of the Tarim Basin, making the meaning of "Taklamakan" similar to "Tocharistan".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Uyghur researcher Turdi Mettursun Kara, the name Taklamakan comes from the expression Terk-i Mekan. The name is first mentioned as Terk-i Makan (ترك مكان / trk mkan) in the book called Tevarih-i Muskiyun, which was written in 1867 in the Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/False_etymology" title="False etymology">folk etymology</a>, it is said to mean "Place of No Return" or "get in and you'll never get out".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png/220px-Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png/330px-Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png/440px-Tarimbecken_3._Jahrhundert.png 2x" data-file-width="2114" data-file-height="1059" /></a><figcaption>Settlements, 3rd century AD.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taklamakan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Taklamakan.png/220px-Taklamakan.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Taklamakan.png/330px-Taklamakan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Taklamakan.png/440px-Taklamakan.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption>Taklamakan by <a href="/wiki/NASA_World_Wind" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA World Wind">NASA World Wind</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Taklamakan Desert has an area of 337,000 km<sup>2</sup> (130,000 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-Taklimakan_Desert_2006_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taklimakan_Desert_2006-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it slightly smaller than Germany. The desert is part of the <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Basin" title="Tarim Basin">Tarim Basin</a>, which is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long and 400 kilometres (250 mi) wide. It is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>, by which travellers sought to avoid the arid wasteland.<sup id="cite_ref-atlas_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the world's second-largest shifting sand desert, with about 85% made up of shifting sand dunes,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ranking 16th in size in a ranking of the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_deserts_by_area" title="List of deserts by area">largest deserts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dunes range in height from 60 feet (18 m) up to as much as 300 feet (91 m). The few breaks in this sea of sand are small patches of alluvial clay. Generally, the steeper sides of the dunes face away from the prevailing winds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911365–366_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChisholm1911365–366-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">The People's Republic of China</a> has constructed two cross-desert highways. The <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Desert_Highway" title="Tarim Desert Highway">Tarim Desert Highway</a> links the cities of <a href="/wiki/Hotan" title="Hotan">Hotan</a> (on the southern edge) and <a href="/wiki/Luntai" class="mw-redirect" title="Luntai">Luntai</a> (on the northern edge) and the <a href="/wiki/Bayingol" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayingol">Bayingol</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ruoqiang_Town" title="Ruoqiang Town">Ruoqiang</a> road crosses the desert to the east. </p><p>In recent years, the desert has expanded in some areas, its sands enveloping farms and villages as a result of <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">desertification</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"When I woke up one morning, I found I couldn't open the door because of the weight of sand that had accumulated overnight. My crops were buried too, so I had no choice but to move" -Memet Simay, <a href="/wiki/Qira_County" title="Qira County">Qira County</a> resident<sup id="cite_ref-chinadaily_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chinadaily-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Golmud-Korla_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Golmud-Korla Railway">Golmud-Korla Railway</a> crosses the Taklamakan as well. </p><p>Named areas in the desert include Ha-la-ma, A-lang-ha and Mai-k'o-tsa-k'o.<sup id="cite_ref-ho-tien_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho-tien-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mazartag" title="Mazartag">Mazartag</a> mountains are located in the western part of the desert. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taklamakan-d12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Taklamakan-d12.jpg/220px-Taklamakan-d12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Taklamakan-d12.jpg/330px-Taklamakan-d12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Taklamakan-d12.jpg/440px-Taklamakan-d12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Desert life near <a href="/wiki/Yarkent_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarkent County">Yarkand</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png/220px-Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png/330px-Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png/440px-Taklamakan_desert_sand_dunes_landsat_7.png 2x" data-file-width="1022" data-file-height="690" /></a><figcaption>Sand dunes captured by NASA's Landsat-7</figcaption></figure> <p>Because it lies in the <a href="/wiki/Rain_shadow" title="Rain shadow">rain shadow</a> of the Himalayas, Taklamakan has a cold <a href="/wiki/Desert_climate" title="Desert climate">desert climate</a>. Given its relative proximity with the cold to frigid <a href="/wiki/Air_mass" title="Air mass">air masses</a> in <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a>, extreme temperatures are recorded in wintertime, sometimes well below −20 °C (−4 °F), while in summer they can rise up to 40 °C (104 °F). During the <a href="/wiki/2008_Chinese_winter_storms" title="2008 Chinese winter storms">2008 Chinese winter storms</a> episode, the Taklamakan was reported to be covered, for the first time in its recorded history, entirely with a thin layer of snow reaching 4 centimetres (1.6 in), with a temperature of −26.1 °C (−15 °F) in some observatories.<sup id="cite_ref-xinhuanetdesertsnow_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhuanetdesertsnow-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its extreme inland position, virtually in the very heartland of Asia and thousands of kilometres from any open body of water, accounts for the somewhat wide <a href="/wiki/Diurnal_temperature_variation" class="mw-redirect" title="Diurnal temperature variation">diurnal temperature variation</a>. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Taklamakan Desert (<a href="/wiki/Tazhong" title="Tazhong">Tazhong</a>), elevation 1,099 m (3,606 ft), (1996–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(98.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(100.8) </td> <td style="background: #FD0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.6<br />(106.9) </td> <td style="background: #C60000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(114.1) </td> <td style="background: #EE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(108.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #C60000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.6<br />(114.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(97.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.0<br />(14.0) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.5<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.9<br />(10.6) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.6<br />(16.5) </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.2<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−32.6<br />(−26.7) </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−32.7<br />(−26.9) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.3<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.3<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.0<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24.7<br />(−12.5) </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−32.7<br />(−26.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(0.02) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(0.02) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.01) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #EFFFEF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(0.39) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4<br />(0.21) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(0.14) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.8<br />(1.03) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #2C2CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">188.5 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">191.2 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.7 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">222.0 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">251.4 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">240.6 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.8 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">246.3 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">253.9 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">262.7 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">216.9 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">184.1 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,725.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFFF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF63; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">62 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/China_Meteorological_Administration" title="China Meteorological Administration">China Meteorological Administration</a><sup id="cite_ref-cma_graphical_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cma_graphical-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oasis">Oasis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Oasis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STANFORD(1917)_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_(14597194848).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/STANFORD%281917%29_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_%2814597194848%29.jpg/220px-STANFORD%281917%29_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_%2814597194848%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/STANFORD%281917%29_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_%2814597194848%29.jpg/330px-STANFORD%281917%29_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_%2814597194848%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/STANFORD%281917%29_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_%2814597194848%29.jpg/440px-STANFORD%281917%29_p61_PLATE19._SINKIANG_%2814597194848%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3712" data-file-height="2302" /></a><figcaption>Map including the Taklamakan Desert (1917)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alluvial_fan,_Taklimakan_Desert,_XinJiang_Province,_China,_NASA,_ASTER.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Alluvial_fan%2C_Taklimakan_Desert%2C_XinJiang_Province%2C_China%2C_NASA%2C_ASTER.jpg/220px-Alluvial_fan%2C_Taklimakan_Desert%2C_XinJiang_Province%2C_China%2C_NASA%2C_ASTER.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Alluvial_fan%2C_Taklimakan_Desert%2C_XinJiang_Province%2C_China%2C_NASA%2C_ASTER.jpg/330px-Alluvial_fan%2C_Taklimakan_Desert%2C_XinJiang_Province%2C_China%2C_NASA%2C_ASTER.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Alluvial_fan%2C_Taklimakan_Desert%2C_XinJiang_Province%2C_China%2C_NASA%2C_ASTER.jpg/440px-Alluvial_fan%2C_Taklimakan_Desert%2C_XinJiang_Province%2C_China%2C_NASA%2C_ASTER.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3774" data-file-height="4086" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Molcha_River" title="Molcha River">Molcha (Moleqie) River</a> forms a vast <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_fan" title="Alluvial fan">alluvial fan</a> at the southern border of the Taklamakan Desert, as it leaves the <a href="/wiki/Altyn-Tagh" title="Altyn-Tagh">Altyn-Tagh</a> mountains and enters the desert in the western part of the <a href="/wiki/Qiemo_County" title="Qiemo County">Qiemo County</a>. The left side appears blue from water flowing in many streams. The picture is taken in May, when the river is full with the snow/glacier meltwater.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The Taklamakan Desert has very little water making it hazardous to cross. Merchant caravans on the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a> would stop for relief at the thriving <a href="/wiki/Oasis" title="Oasis">oasis</a> towns.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was in close proximity to many of the ancient civilizations—to the Northwest is the <a href="/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya">Amu Darya</a> basin, to the southwest the Afghanistan mountain passes lead to Iran and India, to the east is China, and even to the north ancient towns such as <a href="/wiki/Almaty" title="Almaty">Almaty</a> can be found. </p><p>The key oasis towns, watered by rainfall from the mountains, were <a href="/wiki/Kashgar" title="Kashgar">Kashgar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miran_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miran (China)">Miran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niya_(Tarim_Basin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niya (Tarim Basin)">Niya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yarkent_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarkent County">Yarkand</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hotan" title="Hotan">Khotan</a> (Hetian) to the south, <a href="/wiki/Kuqa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuqa">Kuqa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turpan" title="Turpan">Turpan</a> in the north, and <a href="/wiki/Loulan" class="mw-redirect" title="Loulan">Loulan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dunhuang" title="Dunhuang">Dunhuang</a> in the east.<sup id="cite_ref-atlas_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now, many, such as Miran and <a href="/wiki/Gaochang" title="Gaochang">Gaochang</a>, are ruined cities in sparsely inhabited areas in the <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> Autonomous Region of the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-road_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-road-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The archaeological treasures found in its sand-buried ruins point to <a href="/wiki/Tocharians" title="Tocharians">Tocharian</a>, early <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> influences. Its treasures and dangers have been vividly described by <a href="/wiki/Aurel_Stein" title="Aurel Stein">Aurel Stein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sven_Hedin" title="Sven Hedin">Sven Hedin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_von_Le_Coq" title="Albert von Le Coq">Albert von Le Coq</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Pelliot" title="Paul Pelliot">Paul Pelliot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-atlas2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atlas2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Mummies" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarim Mummies">Mummies</a>, some 4000 years old, have been found in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, the Taklamakan was inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkic peoples</a>. Starting with the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a>, the Chinese sporadically extended their control to the oasis cities of the Taklamakan Desert to control the important <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">silk route</a> trade across Central Asia. Periods of Chinese rule were interspersed with rule by Turkic, <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a> peoples. The present population consists largely of Turkic <a href="/wiki/Uyghur_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyghur people">Uyghur people</a> and ethnic <a href="/wiki/Han_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Han people">Han people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scientific_exploration">Scientific exploration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scientific exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This desert was explored by several scholars, including <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a>, a 7th-century Buddhist monk, and, in the 20th century, the archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Aurel_Stein" title="Aurel Stein">Aurel Stein</a>. </p><p>Atmospheric studies have shown that dust originating from the Taklamakan is blown over the Pacific, where it contributes to cloud formation over the Western United States. Further, the traveling dust redistributes minerals from the Taklamakan to the western U.S. via rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Dust_Detectives_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Dust_Detectives-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies have shown that a specific class of mineral found in the dust, known as <a href="/wiki/K-feldspar" class="mw-redirect" title="K-feldspar">K-feldspar</a>, triggers ice formation particularly well. K-feldspar is particularly susceptible to corrosion by acidic atmospheric pollution, such as nitrates and phosphates; exposure to these constituents reduces the ability of the dust to trigger water droplet formation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023, China announced that it would drill a hole to around 11 kilometres (36,000 ft) depth to investigate the layers of <a href="/wiki/Crust_(geology)" title="Crust (geology)">crust</a> in that area. It will not be as deep as the <a href="/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole" title="Kola Superdeep Borehole">Kola Superdeep Borehole</a> (12,262 metres (40,230 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-2023-05-31_IT_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023-05-31_IT-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tarim_Basin#Roads_and_Transportation" title="Tarim Basin">Tarim Basin § Roads and Transportation</a></div> <p>The Taklamakan Desert is surrounded by the Taklimakan Desert railway loop. The <a href="/wiki/Southern_Xinjiang_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Xinjiang Railway">Southern Xinjiang Railway</a> branches from the <a href="/wiki/Lanxin_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanxin Railway">Lanxin Railway</a> near Turpan, follows the north side of the basin to Kashgar, and curves southeast to Khotan, while <a href="/wiki/Hotan%E2%80%93Ruoqiang_railway" title="Hotan–Ruoqiang railway">Hotan–Ruoqiang railway</a> loops around the south and west side of the Traim. In total, the Taklimakan Desert railway loop contains four different railway lines, including the sections of the <a href="/wiki/Golmud%E2%80%93Korla_railway" title="Golmud–Korla railway">Golmud–Korla railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hotan%E2%80%93Ruoqiang_railway" title="Hotan–Ruoqiang railway">Hotan–Ruoqiang railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashgar%E2%80%93Hotan_railway" title="Kashgar–Hotan railway">Kashgar–Hotan railway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Xinjiang_railway" title="Southern Xinjiang railway">Southern Xinjiang railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roads and highways are also available in the desert. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Taklamakan_Desert" title="Special:EditPage/Taklamakan Desert">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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The Chinese TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Candle_in_the_Tomb_(TV_series)" title="Candle in the Tomb (TV series)">Candle in the Tomb</a></i> is mostly spent in this desert as they are searching for the ancient city of Jinjue (see <a href="/wiki/Niya_(Tarim_Basin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niya (Tarim Basin)">Niya (Tarim Basin)</a>). </p><p>The issue No. 39 'Soft Places' of Neil Gaiman's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sandman_(Vertigo)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sandman (Vertigo)">The Sandman</a></i> takes place in the desert, when <a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo" title="Marco Polo">Marco Polo</a> gets lost in the desert. </p><p>A portion of the Korean quasi-historical TV drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Queen_Seondeok_(TV_series)" title="Queen Seondeok (TV series)">Queen Seondeok</a></i> takes place in the Taklamakan Desert. Sohwa escapes from Silla with baby Deokman and raises her in the desert. As a teenager, Deokman returns to Silla and uses the knowledge and experience gained from life among international traders in the Taklamakan trading centers to gain the throne of Silla. </p><p>The desert is showcased in the Japanese animation <i><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00" title="Mobile Suit Gundam 00">Mobile Suit Gundam 00</a></i>, set in the year 2307. On the series, the Taklamakan Desert is the setting of a large-scale military joint operation performed by all the world's blocks of power, and interdicted by the paramilitary organization Celestial Being. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bezeklik_Caves" title="Bezeklik Caves">Bezeklik Caves</a> – Buddhist cave grottos in Xinjiang, China</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_along_the_Silk_Road" title="Cities along the Silk Road">Cities along the Silk Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deserts_by_area" title="List of deserts by area">List of deserts by area</a> – List of the largest deserts in the world by area</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Imeon" title="Mount Imeon">Mount Imeon</a> – Ancient name for major Asia massif</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taklamakania" title="Taklamakania">Taklamakania</a></i>, named for the desert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarim_Basin" title="Tarim Basin">Tarim Basin</a> – Endorheic basin in Xinjiang, China</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarim_mummies" title="Tarim mummies">Tarim mummies</a> – Series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazhong" title="Tazhong">Tazhong</a>, town at centre of Taklamakan Desert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turpan_water_system" title="Turpan water system">Turpan water system</a> – Irrigation system</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 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(1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Gobi" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Gobi">Gobi</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 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Vol. 26 (11th ed.). pp. 365–366.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Takla+Makan&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=365-366&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Bealby&rft.aufirst=John+Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaklamakan+Desert" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCariou2010" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Cariou, Alain (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/taklamakan">"Taklamakan"</a>. <i>Encyclopaedia Iranica</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Taklamakan&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+Iranica&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Cariou&rft.aufirst=Alain&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Ftaklamakan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaklamakan+Desert" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Videography">Videography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taklamakan_Desert&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Videography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Treasure seekers : China's frozen desert</i>, National Geographic Society (2001)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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