Korla >> Takla Makan Desert

	Attraction Typ: Theme and Adventure Park
	Location: City Centre - Central
	Recommend: 5 Star
	Takla Makan Desert
	Takla Makan Desert is China's largest desert and is reputed to be the world's second largest shifting-sand desert.
(Chinese: 塔克拉玛干沙漠；pinyin: tǎkèlāmǎgān shāmò): Takla Makan Desert is China's largest desert and is reputed to be the world's second largest shifting-sand desert covering an area of over 33,700 square kilometers (over 13,000 square miles). In the Uygur language Takla Makan means "you can go in and you'll never come out" and the desert has another name 'the Sea of Death'. Continuous sand dunes in this large Takla Makan Desert are usually over 100 meters high (over 109 yards) and some are even higher than 300 meters (about 328 yards). Because of the wind, the sand dunes are always moving forward. The Takla Makan Desert is also rich in natural resources, buried under it vast expanse are resources such as groundwater, oil and oil gas.

Takla Makan Desert