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.

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