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Tarim Desert Highway

Index Tarim Desert Highway

PetroChina gas station in the middle of the desert The Tarim Desert Highway, also known as the Cross-Desert Highway (CDH) or Taklamakan Desert Highway, crosses the Taklamakan Desert from North to South in China. [1]

19 relations: Aksu Prefecture, Aral, Xinjiang, China, China National Highway 314, China National Highway 315, Dune, Filling station, Highway, Hotan, Hotan River, Irrigation, Kucha, Luntai County, Niya Town, Petroleum, Qiemo Town, Shrub, Taklamakan Desert, Tarim Basin.

Aksu Prefecture

Aksu Prefecture is located in mid-western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.

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Aral, Xinjiang

Aral, Ala'er or Alar is a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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China National Highway 314

China National Highway 314 (G314) (sometimes referred to as Gansu Provincial Highway 314) runs southwest from Urumqi, Xinjiang towards Khunjerab Pass, which is on the northern border of Pakistan.

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China National Highway 315

Constructed in 1954, the Qinghai-Xinjiang Highway, also known as the China National Highway 315 (G315) runs west from Xining, Qinghai towards Kashgar, Xinjiang.

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Dune

In physical geography, a dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water.

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Filling station

A filling station is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles.

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Highway

A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land.

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Hotan

Hotan, also transliterated from Chinese as Hetian, is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in western China.

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Hotan River

The Hotan River (formerly known as the Khotan River or the Ho-t'ien River) is formed by the union of the White Jade (Yurungkash) and Black Jade (Karakash) Rivers, which flow north from the Kunlun Mountains into the Taklamakan Desert in northern China.

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Irrigation

Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.

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Kucha

Kucha or Kuche (also: Kuçar, Kuchar; كۇچار, Куча,; also romanized as Qiuzi, Qiuci, Chiu-tzu, Kiu-che, Kuei-tzu, Guizi from; Kucina) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin and south of the Muzat River.

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Luntai County

Luntai (Bügür) County (ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠷ ᠱᠢᠨᠢ) is a county in central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture.

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Niya Town

Niya (Uighur:نىيە, Нийә), is a town in Minfeng County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

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Petroleum

Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.

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Qiemo Town

The oasis town of Qiemo or Cherchen (چەرچەن, Чәрчән,; Uighur: Qarqan, also spelled Charchan) is the capital of Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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Taklamakan Desert

The Taklamakan Desert (Xiao'erjing: تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ; تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى; Такәламаган Шамә), also spelled "Taklimakan" and "Teklimakan", is a desert in southwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwest China.

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Tarim Basin

The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in northwest China occupying an area of about.

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Redirects here:

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarim_Desert_Highway

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