The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan" class="extiw" title="w:Taklamakan">Taklamakan</a> Desert</b> ecoregion, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarim_Basin" class="extiw" title="w:Tarim Basin">Tarim Basin</a> of Xinjiang, in western China. Considered a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserts_and_xeric_shrublands" class="extiw" title="w:Deserts and xeric shrublands">Deserts and xeric shrublands</a> biome.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Reto Stöckli and Robert Simmon
2001
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