Which letter best represents the location of the taklamakan desert?

the taklamakan desert (also taklimakan) is a desert of central asia, in the xinjiang uyghur autonomous region of the people's republic of china. it is known as one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. it covers an area of 270,000 km2 of the tarim basin, 1,000 km long and 400 km wide.

it is the world's second largest shifting sand desert with about 85% made up of shifting sand dunes ranking 16th in size in a ranking of the world's largest deserts. some geographers and ecologists prefer to regard the taklamakan desert as separate and independent from the gobi desert region to its east.

climate. the takla makan's climate is moderately warm and markedly continental, with a maximum annual temperature range of 70 °f (39 °c).

in more recent times, historians discovered that the desert played an important business role in china, with 2 oases (fertile spots in the desert) serving as trading spots on the silk road, named as such as it was the most common of the precious goods crossing this area.

despite recent progress in bangladesh in the areas of poverty and human development indicators such as literacy and life expectancy, inequalities in income and consumption rates have increased, with 32% of the population living below the poverty line.

bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated countries; the size of illinois, bangladesh has a population of 156 million people, half the population of the united states. despite recent progress out of poverty and increasing human development indicators such as literacy and life expectancy, inequalities in income and consumption rates have increased (undp 2005). 32% of the population lives below the national poverty line, most of whom are women and children. the prevalence of child (under 5) malnutrition is 33%, one of the highest in the world.

the disproportionate poverty faced by women and girls comes as a result of discrimination and exclusion within bangladeshi society, struggling to establish their rights and influence in decision-making processes. traditional practices such as dowries, child marriages and the relegation of being last to eat have created a demeaning and dangerous sociopolitical context for girls and women. (world vision, 2014)

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jefferson hoped to establish trade with the native american people of the west and find a water route to the pacific. jefferson also was fascinated by the prospect of what could be learned about the geography of the west, the lives and languages of the native americans, the plants and animals, the soil, the rocks, the weather, and how they differed from those in the east.