GEOG215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Silk Road, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Id Kah Mosque
15 Jun 2015
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Tibetan plateau to the south, chinese western border to the west. The juinggar basin lies to the north of the tian shan mountains. The tarim basin lies to the south of the tian shan mountains and is nearly ringed by rugged mountain ranges. The turpan depression, lis to the east of the tian shan and to the southeast of the junggar basin. Surface temp at junggar basin can reach 82 degrees celsius and precipit yearly of only. Glacier - contributes major water resources, cover 9500 kmsq or 16% of china"s glaciers. Deserts - northwest arid region, 57% of china"s total deserts. Located in the centre of the tarim basin, largest desert in china, 2nd largest in the world. 100km east to west, 400 north to south. City of turpan , the depression slopes to the south reaching its lowest at 161m below sea level. Xinjiangs terrain lacks water bodies resulting in a dry environment with wide variations in temperature.
