The word means 'Empy place', and comes from the name of the second largest shifting sand desert in the world, the Taklamakan Desert (Tăkèlāmăgān Shāmò), in China.
It probably comes from an Uyghur borrowing from Arabic, meaning "to abandon" + the word makan, which means "place".
There are no mountains named the Taklamakan Mountains. However, there are a number of mountains in the Taklamakan Desert.
The Taklamakan Desert is located entirely in China.
The Taklamakan Desert is in China on the Asian continent.
The Taklamakan Desert is in northwestern China.
The Taklamakan Desert is in China on the Asian Continent.
The Taklamakan Desert is in China.
The Taklamakan Desert has the nickname of 'the sea of death.'
The Gobi and the Taklamakan are both large deserts in China.
XinjiangIn North Western Chinacentral AsiaThe Taklamakan Desert is located in northwest China. More specifically, it is located in Xinjiang. The desert has an area of 130,116 square miles.
The Taklamakan Desert is in northwestern China.
Yes, the Taklamakan is located in China.