A report on Xinjiang and Tarim Basin
Located in China's Xinjiang region, it is sometimes used synonymously to refer to the southern half of the province, or Nanjiang, as opposed to the northern half of the province known as Dzungaria or Beijiang.
- Tarim BasinXinjiang is divided into the Dzungarian Basin in the north and the Tarim Basin in the south by a mountain range, and only about 9.7% of Xinjiang's land area is fit for human habitation.
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Hexi Corridor
3 linksImportant historical region located in the modern western Gansu province of China.
Important historical region located in the modern western Gansu province of China.
At the western end, the route splits into three, going either north of the Tianshan Mountains or south on either side of the Tarim Basin.
It was during this rebellion that the Tang withdrew its western garrisons stationed in what is now Gansu and Qinghai, which the Tibetans then occupied along with the area that is modern Xinjiang.
Endorheic basin
2 linksDrainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes or swamps, permanent or seasonal, that equilibrate through evaporation.
Drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes or swamps, permanent or seasonal, that equilibrate through evaporation.
Lop Lake, in the Tarim Basin of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Tang campaign against Kucha
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The Tang campaign against Kucha was a military campaign led by the Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er against the Tarim Basin oasis state of Kucha in Xinjiang, which was aligned with the Western Turkic Khaganate.
Tang campaigns against the Western Turks
2 linksThe Tang campaigns against the Western Turks, known as the Western Tujue in Chinese sources, were a series of military campaigns conducted by the Tang dynasty against the Western Turkic Khaganate in the 7th century AD. Early military conflicts were a result of the Tang interventions in the rivalry between the Western and Eastern Turks in order to weaken both.
The Tang campaigns against the Western Turks, known as the Western Tujue in Chinese sources, were a series of military campaigns conducted by the Tang dynasty against the Western Turkic Khaganate in the 7th century AD. Early military conflicts were a result of the Tang interventions in the rivalry between the Western and Eastern Turks in order to weaken both.
The Western Turks attempted to capture the Tarim Basin in 670 and 677, but were repelled by the Tang.
Indo-European prevalence in Central Asia declined as the expeditions accelerated Turkic migration into what is now Xinjiang.
Kargilik Town
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Kargilik or Karghalik or Yecheng in Chinese, is a town in Xinjiang, China.
It is situated on the southern rim of the Taklamakan desert, about halfway between Pishan and Yarkand on the southern route around the Tarim Basin.
Western Turkic Khaganate
3 linksTurkic khaganate in Eurasia, formed as a result of the wars in the beginning of the 7th century after the split of the Turkic Khaganate (founded in the 6th century on the Mongolian Plateau by the Ashina clan) into a western and an eastern Khaganate.
Turkic khaganate in Eurasia, formed as a result of the wars in the beginning of the 7th century after the split of the Turkic Khaganate (founded in the 6th century on the Mongolian Plateau by the Ashina clan) into a western and an eastern Khaganate.
At this time the Hephthalites held the Tarim Basin, Fergana, Sogdia, Bactria and Merv, with the Persians at approximately their present border.
Indo-European prevalence in Central Asia declined as the expeditions accelerated Turkic migration into what is now Xinjiang.
Kashgar Prefecture
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Kashgar Prefecture, also known as Kashi Prefecture, is located in southwestern Xinjiang, China, located in the Tarim Basin region (roughly the southern half of Xinjiang).
K2
0 linksSecond-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest .
Second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest .
It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in a China-administered territory of the Kashmir region included in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang.
The Tarim sedimentary basin borders the range on the north and the Lesser Himalayas on the south.
Qäwrighul culture
1 linksThe Qäwrighul culture is a late Bronze Age culture which flourished along the Kongque River in Xinjiang from ca. 2100 BC to 1500 BC.
These are the earliest evidence for the presence of Europoid populations in the Tarim Basin.
Artux
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Artux, Artush (ئاتۇش شەھىرى; ارتىش, Артыш, Artysh), and officially rendered as Atush, is a county-level city and the capital of the Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture of Kizilsu in Xinjiang, China.
It is situated in the northwest part of the Tarim Basin, south of the Tien Shan mountains.