Taklamakan Desert

Taklamakan Desert
View of the Taklamakan desert
Taklamakan Desert and Tarim Basin
Area	337,000 km2 (130,000 sq mi)
Geography
Country	China
State/Province	Xinjiang
Coordinates	38°54′N 82°12′E / 38.9°N 82.2°E / 38.9; 82.2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	塔克拉瑪干沙漠
Simplified Chinese	塔克拉玛干沙漠
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò Wade–Giles Tʻa³-kʻo⁴-la¹-ma³-kan¹ Sha1-mo4 other Mandarin Xiao'erjing تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ Southern Min Hokkien POJ Thah-khek-lá-má-kan Soa-bo̍k
Dunganese name
Dungan	Такәламаган Шамә
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى ‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Teklimakan qumluqi Yengi Yeziⱪ Təklimakan ⱪumluⱪi Siril Yëziqi Тәклимакан қумлуқи

The Taklamakan Desert (/ˌtæk.lə.məˈkæn/; Chinese: 塔克拉玛干沙漠; pinyin: Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: تَاكْلامَاقًا شَاموْ, Dungan: Такәламаган Шамә; Uyghur: تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan Qumluqi; also spelled Teklimakan) is a desert in Southwestern Xinjiang in Northwest China. Located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains to the west, the Tian Shan range to the north, and the Gobi Desert to the east.