WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China is a vast region of sand desert sitting in a depression between two high, rugged mountain ranges. Rolling sand dunes stretch out over several hundred thousand square miles in the Xinjiang Region of China.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Taklamakan Desert, also known as the “Place of Ruins” or the “Sea of Death”, is the largest desert in China, at over 620mi (1000km) long and 250mi (400km) wide.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are many different opinions about the age of the Taklimakan Desert, ranging from 3.5 million years ago (Ma) (1) to the middle Pleistocene (2).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gobi Desert is dangerous and dry. There is a little water, but is rare, and an oasis is very rare. The Taklamakan Desert, China’s other desert, is the second largest desert in the world. It’s nickname is the Sea of Death.