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320:border range
304:Dangjin Pass
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483:Major Peaks
438:Lake Ayakum
296:Tarim Basin
215:Tarim Basin
178: /
95: /
70:Coordinates
1537:Categories
1187:Yengisogat
1118:Altyn-Tagh
956:6 February
828:6 February
791:References
692:Zheng 1997
639:Cohen 1998
575:Wade–Giles
211:Altyn-Tagh
191:Borders on
108:Dimensions
24:Altyn-Tagh
1443:Huangshan
1357:Mount Tai
1276:Northeast
1182:Argu Tagh
1176:Karakoram
1159:Himalayas
1093:Tian Shan
624:Footnotes
384:endorheic
380:Arka-Tagh
340:Silk Road
270:Geography
240:Etymology
217:from the
134:Provinces
121:Geography
60:Elevation
822:Archived
767:Archived
504:Kogantag
348:Nan Shan
308:Dunhuang
223:Xinjiang
138:Xinjiang
1393:Qinling
1384:Central
1201:Hoh Xil
730:Li 2000
559:Chinese
522:, Gansu
469:Qinghai
442:Chinese
420:Chinese
395:Chinese
306:on the
260:Chinese
227:Qinghai
163:38°36′N
142:Qinghai
126:Country
83:87°23′E
80:37°55′N
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204:Desert
166:89°0′E
113:Length
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1316:North
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231:Gansu
200:Biome
146:Gansu
129:China
1320:East
1318:and
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563:阿尔金山
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