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The Taklamakan is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is known as the largest sandy desert in the world. It covers an area of 270,000 km² of the Tarim Basin, extending between roughly 78° to 88° E longitude and 37° to 40° N latitude. 2 U, y+ E+ a& v+ W6 JIt is crossed at its northern and at its southern edge by two branches of the Silk Road.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ }7 O* e" F; _' I1 B# u
"According to National Geographic, temperature is extremely variable on both a daily and a seasonal basis, changing by as much as 20 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit) from day to night and 30 degrees Celsius (54 degrees Fahrenheit) from summer to winter. 1 i; i4 ?2 u/ T+ f. B$ [6 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Taklimakan is bounded by the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas: to the North by the snow-covered Tian Shan Mountain range and to the South by the Kunlun Mountains."