Cekungan Tarim

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Cekungan Tarim

  Tarim Basin
Nama Tionghoa
Hanzi: 塔里木盆地
Nanjiang
Hanzi: 南疆
Makna literal: Southern Xinjiang
Nama Uighur
Uighur: تارىم ئويمانلىقى

Cekungan Tarim adalah cekungan endoreik besar di Barat Laut China yang mencakup kawasan seluas 906.500 km2 (350.000 sq mi).[1] Terletak di kawasan Xinjiang China, kadang kala secara metonimi disebut sebagai separuh selatan provinsi, atau Nanjiang (Turkish: tarım havzası, Hanzi: 南疆; Pinyin: Nánjiāng; harfiah: 'Xinjiang Selatan'). Di utaranya kawasan ini berbatasan dengan Pegunungan Tian Shan dan bagian selatannya berbatasan dengan Pegunungan Kunlun pada tepian Dataran tinggi Qinghai-Tibet. Gurun Taklamakan mendominasi sebagian besar cekungan ini. Nama Uighur historis untuk Cekungan Tarim ini adalah Altishahr (六域), yang berarti "enam kota" dalam bahasa Uighur.

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