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China: Small Uighur dwellings in an oasis in the foothills of the Kunlun Shan (Kunlun Mountains) near Karghilik (Karghalik or Kargilik), Xinjiang Province

China: Small Uighur dwellings in an oasis in the foothills of the Kunlun Shan (Kunlun Mountains) near Karghilik (Karghalik or Kargilik), Xinjiang Province

The Kunlun Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. In the broadest sense, it forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim Basin and the Gansu Corridor and continues east south of the Wei River to end at the North China Plain.






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CPA Media Co. Ltd.

Photographer:

David Henley

Credit:

Pictures From Asia

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