Tarim Basin Travel Guide

The Tarim basin is located in Xinjiang which is at the northwestern part of China. Its the biggest inland basin in China which is among Tianshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountains and Altun Mountains. Its east-west length is 1500 km and north-south wide is 600 km and cover 530,000 square kilometers. Its elevation is between 800 to 1300 meters and its western part higher than the eastern. The famous Taklamakan Desert is in its central part which is is petroliferous and superimposing, which is also the important succeeding hydrocarbon resources in the western of China. Its formed its because it has undergone many times of tectonic movements since Sinian period,including compressional thrust movement which is dominated and extensional movement. Tarim Basin is surrounded by mountains, the huge glaciers and snow hills on the high mountains are natural reservoir, which breed the forest grassland and many kinds of animals and