Driving on the Tarim Desert Highway – Xinjiang, China
The Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠; Uyghur: تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى) is a desert in northwest China.
It is located inside the Tarim Basin in Southern Xinjiang, it is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south, the Pamir Mountains to the west, the Tian Shan range to the north, and the Gobi Desert to the east.
The Taklamakan Desert is the largest desert in China and the second largest drifting desert in the world.
The Tarim Desert Highway (塔里木沙漠公路), also known as the Cross-Desert Highway (CDH) or Taklamakan Desert Highway, crosses the Taklamakan Desert.
The highway was built by the China National Petroleum Corporation Tarim Oilfield Company in 1995. It is 522 kilometers long and runs from Lunnan Oilfield in the north to Minfeng County in the south.
It is the longest grade highway built in a drifting desert in the world (certified by the Guinness World Records in 1999) and was selected as one of the most beautiful highways in China by National Geographic.
Video Source: Tarim Desert Highway – Xinjiang 4K Scenic Drive – The world’s longest desert highway – Part.1 from Walk China 行走中国 on Youtube ⁄ CC BY
