Saturday, May 31, 2014

Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang, China


Top 10 Desert Tourist Zones in China, NO.1 - Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang

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The 330,000-square-kilometer Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China and the 10th largest in the world. A pyramidal sand dune is usually 300 meters high. When fierce wind blow onto the sand dune the height of the sand dune can reach 1000 meters! Unlike other hot desert, the highest temperature in the desert is only 39 centigrade degrees, but the annual rainfall is less than 100 mini meters. In a word, the Taklimakan Desert is only reachable for adventurers!

 
 

Source : https://www.facebook.com/ChinaTravelDotCom/photos/a.525119817545662.1073741845.140427052681609/708535995870709/?type=1&relevant_count=1
 

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