42.78; 89.34 The Turpan Depression or Turfan Depression, is a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan, in the Xinjiang...
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The Turpan water system, also called the Turfan kārēz system, is used for water supply via a vertical tunnel in the Turpan Depression of Xinjiang, China...
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Turpan (Uyghur: تۇرپان) or Turfan (Chinese: 吐鲁番) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an...
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Mourdi Depression Qattara Depression Regen Depression Ronda Depression Táchira Depression Tunkin Depression Turan Depression Turpan Depression Tuva Depression...
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massive Taklamakan Desert, surrounded by oases. In the east is the Turpan Depression. In the west, the Tian Shan split, forming the Ili River valley. The...
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The Turpan Khanate (Chinese: 吐魯番汗國), also known as the Eastern Moghulistan, Kingdom of Uyghurstan or Turfan Khanate, was a Sunni Muslim Turco-Mongol khanate...
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406 ft) high and located in Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is at the Turpan Depression, which is 154 m (505 ft) below sea level. The Tian Shan is sacred...
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Luntai; Korla, now a large town; Karashar near Bosten Lake; Turpan north of the Turpan Depression and south of the Bogda Shan; Hami; then southeast to Anxi...
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吐鲁番地区地方志编纂委员会 [Annals Codification Committee of Turpan Prefecture], ed. (2004). 吐鲁番地区志 [Annals of Turpan Prefecture] (in Chinese). Ürümqi: Xinjiang People's...
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Turpan Karez Paradise (Chinese: 吐魯番坎儿井乐园) is a museum featuring Turpan's karez water management system in Turpan, a city in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang...
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(Mongol) or Ayding (Chinese: 艾丁湖; pinyin: Àidīng Hú) is a lake in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, PR China. At 154 m below sea level...
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the basin is 1,000 m. To the east, the basin descends into the Hami-Turpan Depression of eastern Xinjiang, where the dried lake bed of Lake Ayding, at −154m...
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controlled modern-day Dzungaria (northern Xinjiang, including the Turpan Depression) and Nanjiang (southern Xinjiang, including the Tarim Basin). Besides...
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Hotan, Yarkent, Kashgar, Yangihissar, Aksu, Uchturpan, Kucha, Karashar, Turpan and Kumul. It enjoyed continued dominance in the region for about 200 years...
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Flaming Mountains (category Turpan)
100 kilometres (60 mi) long and 5–10 km (3–6 mi) wide, crossing the Turpan Depression from east to west. The average height of the Flaming Mountains is...
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Teratoscincus roborowskii (redirect from Turpan wonder gecko)
wonder gecko or Turpan wonder gecko, is a species of gecko in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang,...
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Mountains Other Landscapes Cities Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains Transportation Hexi Corridor Lanzhou–Xinjiang...
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Mountains Other Landscapes Cities Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains Transportation Hexi Corridor Lanzhou–Xinjiang...
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Mountains Other Landscapes Cities Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains Transportation Hexi Corridor Lanzhou–Xinjiang...
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Qocho (redirect from Turpan Uyghurs)
winter capital in Qocho (also called Gaochang or Qara-Khoja, near modern Turpan) and summer capital in Beshbalik (modern Jimsar County, also known as Tingzhou)...
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captured Turpan (Turfan), and referred to (1) Kashgar; (2) Yarkant; (3) Khotan; (4) Uqturpan (Uch Turfan); (5) Aksu; (6) Kucha; and (7) Turpan. The term...
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oasis towns which are currently in Xinjiang, such as Dolan, Ili, Kumul and Turpan. The most fully developed at this point is the Western Tarim region's 12...
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comparable proportions of precipitation there results from this a glacial depression of temperature of at least 5 to 7.5 °C. Coal is mined in the west, though...
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Mountains Other Landscapes Cities Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains Transportation Hexi Corridor Lanzhou–Xinjiang...
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(Arshi; later Agni/Karasahr), Kuča (Kucha), Gumo (later Aksu), Turfan (Turpan), and Loulan (Krorän/Korla). Additionally, residents of the oasis city-states...
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north and the Turpan Depression to the south. Ürümqi remained a small town of lesser importance than the oasis and Silk Road trade center Turpan 200 km (120 mi)...
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Mountains Other Landscapes Cities Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains Transportation Hexi Corridor Lanzhou–Xinjiang...
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Mountains Other Landscapes Cities Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Pamir Mountains Transportation Hexi Corridor Lanzhou–Xinjiang...
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