The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in Xinjiang, Northwestern China occupying an area of about 888,000 km2 (343,000 sq mi) and one of the largest basins in Northwest China.[1][2] Located in China's Xinjiang region, it is sometimes used synonymously to refer to the southern half of the province, that is, Southern Xinjiang or Nanjiang (Chinese: 南疆; pinyin: Nánjiāng), as opposed to the northern half of the province known as Dzungaria or Beijiang. Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and its southern boundary is the Kunlun Mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The Taklamakan Desert dominates much of the basin. The historical Uyghur name for the Tarim Basin is Altishahr (Traditional Uyghur: آلتی شهر, Chinese: 六城), which means 'six cities' in Uyghur. The region was also called Little Bukhara or Little Bukharia.
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The TarimBasin is an endorheic basin in Xinjiang, Northwestern China occupying an area of about 888,000 km2 (343,000 sq mi) and one of the largest basins...
The Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the TarimBasin in present-day Xinjiang, China, which date from 1800 BCE to the first centuries...
documents from around 400 to 1200 AD, found on the northern edge of the TarimBasin (modern-day Xinjiang, China). The name "Tocharian" was given to these...
endorheic river in Xinjiang, China. It is the principal river of the TarimBasin, a desert region of Central Asia between the Tian Shan and Kunlun Mountains...
Dzungaria is geographically, historically, and ethnically distinct from the TarimBasin or Southern Xinjiang (Nanjiang), the Manchu-led Qing dynasty integrated...
northwestern border. Xinjiang is divided into the Dzungarian Basin (Dzungaria) in the north and the TarimBasin in the south by a mountain range and only about 9...
mountains, is an area about twice the size of Dzungaria, the oval TarimBasin. The TarimBasin's arid conditions make it unsuitable for sustaining a nomadic...
Turkic peoples began settling in the TarimBasin in the 7th century. The first settlers were likely Tang-allied Türk (Tujue) tribes. The area was later...
largely dried-up salt lake formerly located in the eastern fringe of the TarimBasin in the southeastern portion of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, northwestern...
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desert in Southwestern Xinjiang in Northwest China. Located inside the TarimBasin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south...
campaigns against the Western Turks began in 640 with the annexation of the TarimBasin oasis state Gaochang, an ally of the Western Turks. Several of the oasis...
south on either side of the TarimBasin. At the eastern end, the mountains around Lanzhou grants access to the Longxi Basin, which leads east through Mount...
military campaign led by the Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er against the TarimBasin oasis state of Kucha in Xinjiang, which was aligned with the Western...
historical names: Dzungaria north of the Tianshan Mountains; and the TarimBasin south of the Tianshan Mountains, currently mainly inhabited by the Uyghurs...
the war against the Xiongnu and re-established Han control over the TarimBasin region. He was made Protector General of the Western Regions by the Han...
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Cities" in Uyghur, became the Uyghur name for the TarimBasin. Uyghurs also called the TarimBasin "Yettishar," which means "Seven Cities," and even "Sekkizshahr"...
branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by inhabitants of the TarimBasin, the Tocharians. The languages are known from manuscripts dating from...
or Alti-şähär), also known as Kashgaria, is a historical name for the TarimBasin region used in the 18th and 19th centuries. The term means "Six Cities"...
compared to Eastern Rome. The Kizil Caves near Kucha, mid-way in the TarimBasin, record many scenes of traders from Central Asia in the 5–6th century:...
applied by early 20th century authors to the Indo-European people of the TarimBasin, from the areas of Kucha and Agni. These scholars erroneously believed...
The TarimBasin deciduous forests and steppe is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western...
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historically inhabited the northern and eastern Eurasian Steppe and the TarimBasin. The Sakas were closely related to the Scythians, and both groups formed...
in China are those termed Tarim mummies because of their discovery in the TarimBasin. The dry desert climate of the basin proved to be an excellent agent...
as "crown prince". Between 1680 and 1688, the Dzungars conquered the TarimBasin, which is now southern Xinjiang, and defeated the Khalkha Mongols to...
new criticisms. When the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited Kucha in the TarimBasin in 630 CE, he received the favours of Suvarṇadeva, the son and successor...
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