View on the Kunlun mountain range, where they intersect with the Pamir mountain from the city of Kashgar in the Uyghur region of western China, administratively called Xinjiang. The Kunlun Mountains border the Taklamakan desert on more than 3000 kilometers, forming the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau.Credit: The Editorial

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