This natural formation is home to the Arjin Shan Nature Reserve, and the dried Lop Nor Lake was the site of nuclear testing here, which is also home to significant yardang salt ridges.
This natural formation is home to the Arjin Shan Nature Reserve, and the dried Lop Nor Lake was the site of nuclear testing here, which is also home to significant yardang salt ridges. Its north is dominated by steppes with saxaul and salt-tolerant shrubs, and that same environment can be found around the Tarim river. It is located in the Tarim basin, and part of its south is bounded by the Kunlun Mountain range. To its north is the Kakshaal range, part of the Tien Shan. Home to its country's only population of wild Bactrian camels, it has almost no vegetation, as it is the world's largest shifting- sand desert. FTP, name this desert passed through on the Silk Road, found in the Uygur Autonomous region of Xinjiang, the largest desert in China.
This natural formation is home to the Arjin Shan Nature Reserve, and the dried Lop Nor Lake was the site of nuclear testing here, which is also home to significant yardang salt ridges.
{Taklimakan} Desert or {Taklimakan} Shamo or {T’a-k’o-la-ma-kan} Sha-