Taklamakan Desert

Xinjiang · China

Taklamakan Desert, China
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Best time to go
April to May and September to October
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One of the world's largest sandy deserts, filling the Tarim Basin with vast shifting dunes. Ringed by oasis towns of the Silk Road, its harsh interior is nicknamed the Sea of Death.

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