Talklamakan desert

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A view of the Taklamakan Desert in China's western Xinjiang Province. The Taklamakan is China's largest desert, situated in the middle of the largest Basin, Tarim in Xinjiang Province. This is reputed to be the world's second largest shifting-sand desert covering an area of over 33, 700 square kilometers.