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Summary

Description

English: The Taklamakan Desert ecoregion, in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, in western China. Considered a Deserts and xeric shrublands biome.

Deutsch: Ausschnitt aus Blue Marble-Karte der NASA

Date

2001

Source

Author

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Reto Stöckli and Robert Simmon

Image taken from NASA Blue Marble-Project.

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