Desert
Taklamakan
The 5th widest of the 12 deserts measured in this atlas.
width 400 km · 5th/12
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 337,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 1,000 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 400 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Countries
- China
- Share of the Natural Earth outline that lies within each country. Natural Earth outlines of mountain ranges and regions are label areas, not exact limits; provinces are therefore not listed.
- Wikidata
- Q132956
Among the world's deserts
Each line is every one of the deserts in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area337,000 km²13th of 34 · median 192,500 km²
- Length1,000 km6th of 13 · median 1,000 km
- Width400 km5th of 12 · median 260 km