Taklimakan Desert

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Taklimakan Desert - a desert in western China

Taklamakan Desert

Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

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Taklamakan Desert			18 Dust Ball A July study reported that particles from a huge dust storm in China's Taklimakan desert in 2007 circled the globe in less than 13 days, suggesting planet-wide impacts from regional desertification. Updates by World Watch A wind storm that ripped across western China's Taklimakan desert kicked up hundreds of thousands of tonnes of dust that high-altitude winds then carried around the world in less than two weeks, a study says. Massive dust storm in China circled the world in 13 days: study by AFP / AFP Asian Edition They crossed a military zone near a nuclear test site in the Taklimakan desert, where they had to bed down secretly in a hotel that was forbidden to foreigners. Faces in a billion by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			takeoff takeoff booster takeoff rocket takeout takeout food takeover takeover arbitrage takeover attempt takeover bid takeover target taker Taki-Taki Takilman takin taking taking apart taking hold taking into custody taking over taking the cake Taking-off takings takkies Taklamakan Desert Taklimakan Taklimakan Desert Takoradi tala Talaing talapoin talaria Talaud Islands Talavera de la Reina Talbot Talbotype talc talc slate Talca Talcahuano talcose Talcott Parsons talcum talcum powder tale Taleb Taleban talebearer Talebearing Taled Taleful Talegalla			Takings law Takings law Takings law Takings law takins takins takins takins Takizawa Bakin Takk for Den Takkie Takkies TAKL Takla Development Corporation Ltd. Takla Makan Takla Makan Takla Makan Desert Takla Makan Desert Takla-Makan desert Taklamakan Taklamakan Taklamakan Taklamakan Desert Taklamakan Desert Taklamakan Desert Taklamakhan Taklamakin Desert Taklimakan Taklimakan Taklimakan Taklimakan Desert Taklimakan Shamo TAKMA Takmaria Takmaria Takmaria Takmaria TAKMI Tako Tako-Age Tako-Age Takob Takoma Park Takoma Park Takoma Park Baptist Church Takoma Park Elementary School Takoma Park Folk Festival Takoma Park Maryland Library Takoma Park Middle School Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Department Takoma Park, Maryland Takoma Park, Maryland Takoradi Takoradi Takoradi Takotna Airport Takotsubo cardiomyopathy TAKR Takrit TAKRL

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