Kumtag Desert (Dunhuang)

Kumtag (库姆塔格 沙漠)
The Kumtag Desert is bounded in the northwest by the dried up Lop Nor ('auricle'), in the north by the Bei Shan Mountains, in the south by the Altyn Tagh Mountains .
location	People's Republic of China
in the	Tarim basin
Coordinates	39 ° 55 '  N , 92 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 55 '  N , 92 ° 3'  E
rock	mainly shifting dunes and quicksand
surface	22,800 km²

Satellite image of the central part of the Lop Nor lake basin and, to the right of it, the Lop Nor desert, over which a sandstorm is passing. In the center of the picture you can see the deepest part of the Lop Nor lake basin in the form of an auricle , in the foreground the slopes of the Kuruk Tag mountains, in the background the Kumtag desert and the Altyn Tagh plateau, on the right the lake Ayakkum and on the left the smaller one Lake gas lie. View from north to south.

The Kumtag Desert or Kumutage Shamo ( 庫姆塔格 沙漠  /  库姆塔格 沙漠 , Kùmǔtǎgé Shāmò , English Kumutage Desert / Kumtag Desert ) in Xinjiang is a sandy desert in the Tarim Basin southeast of Lop Nur .

The Kumtag Desert covers an area of ​​22,800 square kilometers and is bordered by Dunhuang to the east and the Tianshan Mountains to the north . The desert is known for the frequent occurrence of shifting dunes .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Feng, Wang, et al .: A Study of Kumtag Desert: Progresses and Achievements. Journal of Resources and Ecology 2.3 (2011): 193-201. ( PDF )
2. ↑ Dong, Z., P. Lv .: Recent advances in research on the aeolian geomorphology of China's Kumtagh Sand Sea. Advances in Geosciences 37 (2014): 41-46. ( PDF )