Turpan Depression
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The Turpan Depression or Turfan Depression, is a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far Western China, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) southeast of the regional capital Ürümqi. It includes Lake Ayding, −154 metres (−505 ft), the second or third lowest depression on Earth.
By some measures, it is also the hottest and driest area in China during the summer.
The Turpan Depression, nestled at the foot of China's Bogda Shan Mountains.
Basin scene near Flaming Mountains
Ruins of Gaochang
Qingnian Lu, a Turpan city street shaded by grapevine trellises in China's Grape Valley
Ürümqi
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Ürümqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, as well as the largest in Central Asia in terms of population. Ürümqi has seen significant economic development since the 1990s and currently serves as a regional transport node and a cultural, political and commercial center.
Image: Urumqi Skyline July 2019
Image: Urumqi s bazzar
Image: Hong Shan
Urumqi Skyline, from Hongshan Park, in 2018