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Taklimakan Shamo (desert) |
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Lat: 38 54 59 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.9163 decimal degrees |
Long: 082 14 18 E degrees minutes |
Long: 82.2382 decimal degrees |
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Note: The great desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. It occupies the central part of the Tarim Basin in China. |
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Taklimakan Shamo (preferred,C,V,Uyghur (Arabic transcription)-P,U)
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Taklimakan Shamo (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin),U,N)
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Takela Magan Shamo (C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,U)
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Taklamakhan Desert (C,V)
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Takla Makan Desert (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Takla Makan (C,V,English,U)
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Takla Makan (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Takla-makan, Wüste (C,V,index,German,U,N)
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Takla-makan, Wüste (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Wüste Takla-makan (C,V,display,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan Sha-mo (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan Sha-mo (Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),U,N)
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T'a-k'o-la-ma-k'an Huang-ti (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Takla Maka Desert (C,V,English,U,N)
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Takla-makan Sai (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Takla-Makan, Pustynya (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Pustynya Takla-Makan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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塔克拉玛干沙漠 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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