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	Dzungarian Basin Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Dzungarian Alatau is a mountain chain that lies on the boundary of Xinjiang and Kazakhstan.
		At the eastern end of the chain, on the Kazakhstan-Chinese border, lies the Dzungarian Gate, a pass which for centuries was used as an invasion route by conquerors from Central Asia.
		Dzungaria is a largely steppe and semidesert basin surrounded by high mountains: the Tian Shan in the south and the Altai in the north.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Dzungarian_Basin (531 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Print Preview - China
		Devastating earthquakes tend to occur in a broad arc extending from the western edge of the Sichuan Basin north-east towards Bo Hai, the gulf on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea.
		The Sichuan Basin, located to the west, is enclosed by rugged mountain spurs of the Central Highlands and constitutes a relatively isolated area of hilly terrain.
		Lying south of the Nan Ling hills is the Xi Basin, predominantly a hilly area with infertile soils; the numerous streams of this region, however, are bordered by fertile, flat-floored alluvial valleys.
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		Basin, in geology, area of relatively low-lying ground surrounded by higher terrain.
		A sedimentary basin is a large area in which thick layers of...
		Kuznetsk Basin, rich coal-mining area of southern Siberian Russia, between the Altay Mountains and the Salair Ridge.
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	World Almanac for Kids
		This region consists of two basins—the Dzungarian Basin (Junggar Pendi) on the N and the Tarim Basin on the S—and the lofty Tien Shan.
		The Dzungarian Basin, although containing areas of sandy and stony desert, is primarily a region of fertile steppe soils and supports irrigated agriculture.
		The Sichuan Basin, located to the W, is enclosed by rugged mountain spurs of the Central Highlands and constitutes a relatively isolated area of hilly terrain.
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	Dzungarian Basin -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To the east and southeast, respectively, the basin is bounded by the Baytag Bogd and Po-ko-ta mountains.
		The basin's western limit is defined by the Dzungarian Alatau and Tarbagatay (T'a-erh-pa-ha-t'ai) mountain ranges, which separate it from the Lake Balqash depression in Kazakstan.
		Otherwise, the Dzungarian Basin is an area of internal drainage, with the rivers from the Altai draining into Chi-li Lake and those from the southern ranges draining into Ma-na-ssu or Ai-pi lakes in the low-lying depression immediately southeast of the Dzungarian Gate.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9031692 (1159 words)

	MSN Encarta - China
		Generally speaking, China’s higher elevations are found in the west, where some of the world’s loftiest mountain ranges are located, including the Tian Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains, and the Himalaya.
		This region consists of two basins—the Junggar Pendi (Dzungarian Basin) on the north and the Tarim Basin on the south—and the lofty Tian Mountains.
		The Junggar Pendi (or Dzungarian Basin), although containing areas of sandy and stony desert, is primarily a region of fertile steppe soils and supports irrigated agriculture.
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	On the Fusion of Nationalities in the Tarim Basin and the Formation of the Modern Uighur Nationality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The southern section is the Tarim Basin and the northern is the Dzungarian Basin.
		The Tarim Basin is a large basin enclosed on three sides by high mountains and inclined toward the northeast.
		According to historical records in Chinese, at that time class societies with a relatively well-developed agricultural culture had already been formed in the basin everywhere, while at the same time Buddhism had begun to be imported and writing to be used, and in all of the oases individual "city-states" were established.
	www.eurasianhistoryf.com /en/en_lunwen/20050119190111.htm (5004 words)

	Dzungarian Basin -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Chinese (Wade-Giles) Chun-ko-erh P'en-ti, or (Pinyin) Junggar Pendi, extensive basin in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China.
		The basin is located between the Mongolian Altai Mountains, on the Sino-Mongolian border, to the north, and the P'o-lo-k'o-nu and O-ha-pu-t'e mountains to the south; the latter run east and west immediately to the north of the Tien Shan (“Celestial Mountains”).
		The surface of the basin is flat, with a gentle slope to the southwest.
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	Dzungarian Basin -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oasis agriculture in the Tarim Basin occupies a large part of the population, and only a small percentage are engaged in animal husbandry.
		The drainage basin of this river covers an area of some 220,000 square miles (570,000 square kilometers).
		Manaus is a frontier town in the Amazon basin with a booming population.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9031692?tocId=9031692 (887 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Junggar Basin semi-desert (PA1317)
		Mean annual precipitation in the center of the basin varies from 80 to 100 mm; the periphery receives from 100 to 250 mm.
		The Junggar Basin is one place where Przewalski’s horse could be reintroduced in the future, with proper measures to safeguard its habitat.
		This corresponds to the Dzungarian Gobi in Barthel (1983) and Haase (1983).
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1317_full.html (1204 words)

	GEO_PLATE_T-49.HTML (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It separates the Tarim basin to the south from the Kazakhstan shield and the Dzungarian basin to the north.
		Arc collisions during the Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian and, finally, suturing along the Tian Shan in the Late Paleozoic produced most of the structural and metamorphic fabric of the mountain interiors in the northwest part of the Plate scene (Bally et al., 1980; Dewey and Burke, 1973; Gansser, 1974; and Zhang and Liou, 1984).
		The folds, which lie on the north edge of the Tarim basin, are overturned to the south and thrust on the south side.
	daac.gsfc.nasa.gov /geomorphology/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-49.HTML (654 words)

	Xinjiang. Who is Xinjiang? What is Xinjiang? Where is Xinjiang? Definition of Xinjiang. Meaning of Xinjiang.
		Xinjiang is divided into two basins by Mount Tianshan.
		Dzungarian Basin is in the north, and Tarim Basin is in the south.
		Xinjiang's lowest point is 155 metres below sea level (lowest point in China as well).
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Xinjiang (542 words)

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		Devastating earthquakes tend to occur in a broad arc extending from the chinese manufacturers western edge of the Sichuan Basin north-east towards Bo Hai, the gulf on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea.
		The North-West This region consists of two basins the Dzungarian Basin (Junggar Pendi) on the north and the chinese distributors Tarim Basin on the south and the lofty Tian Mountains.
		The Dzungarian Basin (or Dzungaria), although containing areas of sandy and stony desert, is primarily a region of fertile steppe soils and supports irrigated agriculture.
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	wiki/Chinese Turkestan Definition / wiki/Chinese Turkestan Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Modern Chinese 阿克苏, pinyin a ke su) was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk road that ran along the northern edge of the Taklamakan desert in the Tarim basin.
		Dzungarian Basin is in the north, and Tarim BasinThe Tarim Basin is the largest basin in the world, lying between several mountain ranges in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (also known as East Turkistan) in China's far west.
		It is located in east China, across the basins of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) and the Huaihe River.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Chinese_Turkestan (5851 words)

	The Magyars
		To the north of the Uygar's border stretches the Dzungarian Basin which has a striking similarity to the word Hungarian.
		After the kingdom of Attila fell apart shortly after his death, further waves of people moved in to the Carpathian Basin but all were crushed by the Avars, a quickly emerging branch of the Ural-Altaic group.
		This was the strain of Magyars that in 895 A.D. would ride into the Carpathian Basin under Árpád-following the footsteps of the White Magyars who appeared in the Carpathian Basin in the 670s A.D. Árpád's Magyars has been termed by some modern historians as the second wave in a two-phased conquest of the Hungarian homeland.
	hungarianhistory.freeservers.com /magyars.html (1844 words)

	Yining - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1962, major Sino-Soviet clashes took place along the Ili River.
		Ghulja is located on the Ili River in the Dzungarian basin, near the border with Kazakhstan, and about 390 km west of Urumqi.
		The Ili River valley is far wetter than any other part of Xinjiang and has rich grazing land.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gulja (188 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search View - China
		It is grown for the most part south of the Huai River, notably in the middle and lower valley of the Yangzi River, in the Pearl River delta in the Guangzhou region, and in the Red Basin of Sichuan.
		The nation’s largest petroleum reserves, estimated at approximately 10 billion barrels, are found in the arid Tarim Basin, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
		Yet demand for energy has risen so fast that by 1993 China was again a net oil importer.
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	Facts about ASIA !!
		The highland core, located somewhat south of the geometric center of the continent, is composed of the Himalaya and associated ranges and the Tibetan Plateau.
		According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earth's surface crust consists of a number of huge continental plates and a number of equally large oceanic plates, most of which are in continuous motion.
		Several major structural basins are found to the north of the central mountain core.
	home.c2i.net /vegard_johansen/fact.html (9138 words)

	Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Photographic Highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The long (600 km) arc of Lake Balkhash occupies the center of this clear WNW view of the southern Kazakh Uplands, Kazakhstan and westernmost Dzungarian Basin in the autonomous region of Xinjiang Uygur, China.
		The Dzungarian Gate is the straight, fault-bounded valley dropped down within t he Dzhungarskiy Alatau Range; lowest elevation on the valley floor is about 1,500 ft, whereas peaks of the range reach 15,000 ft on the west and about 10,000 ft on the east of the valley.
		Lake Ebinur is the bright area beneath the dust plume (left center); north winds funneled through the Dzungarian Gate have picked up sediment from dry lakebeds at the north end.
	earth.jsc.nasa.gov /debrief/STS085/top1.htm (936 words)

	Platts
		In the northwest are two great basins -- the Dzungarian Basin in the north, a steppe region which supports irrigated agriculture, and the Tarim Basin to the south, which mostly consists of desert.
		Between the northwest basins and the Yangtze River is north China which includes Chinaýs largest contiguous expanse of agricultural lands.
		Somewhat further to the west is the Sichuan Basin, isolated by hills and low mountains, while farther on is the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
	www.opri.com /Electric%20Power/Resources/News%20Features/worldcap/chinaprofile.html (2961 words)

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		The central area of the plateau is known as "the Roof of the World." China's northwestern region stretches from Afghanistan to the northeastern Manchurian Plain.
		The Tian Shan mountains separate China's two major interior basins, the Tarim Basin (containing the Taklimakan desert) and the Dzungarian Basin.
		The lowlands of the eastern region include the Sichuan Basin, which runs along the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang).
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	Northwest Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The names of the two basins that are located in Northwest China are called…
		B: the Sichuan Basin and the Dzungarian Basin.
		C: the Dzungarian Basin and the Tarim Basin.
	projects.cbe.ab.ca /ict/2learn/jcreid/china/Games/nwdesert/physical.htm (56 words)

	Asia
		The highest is the Tibetan Plateau, which has an average elevation of over13,000 ft and is bordered by some of the world's highest mountains, including the Himalayas on the south, the Karakoram on the west, and the Kunlun Mountains on the north.
		To the north of Tibet are three important Chinese basins: the Qaidam (Tsaidam) Basin, the Tarim Basin, and the Junggar (Dzungarian) Basin.
		The eastern coastal fringe of the Mediterranean Basin (the Levant) has a typical Mediterranean climate and receives rain in winter; average annual precipitation along this Western edge of dry Asia is about 20 in.
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	Photos 4
		Situated in a fertile belt of oases along the northern face of the Tengri Tagh (mountains), the city commands the northern end of a gap leading from the Tarim Basin into the Dzungarian Basin.
		Highways have been built across the Dzungarian and Tarim basins, greatly improving Urumchi's communications.
		In 1955 a large petroleum field was discovered at Qaramay to the north in the Dzungarian Basin; it was brought into production in 1958-59 and has since become one of China's major sources of oil.
	www.uyghur.50megs.com /photo4.html (1117 words)

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		The Uygurs inhabit the Tarim Basin and a chain of oases between the forbidding Taklamakan and Gobi deserts.
		At the Uygurs' northern border stretches the Dzungarian Basin, a steppe-like region where dry grain - farming is practiced.
		By the time their chieftains had decided to go west and cross over into the Carpathian Basin, the Magyars were a well organized tribal alliance.
	www.net.hu /corvinus/lib/hunspir/hsp05.htm (3132 words)

	The silk roads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Urumqi (population 1,500,000) has a remarkable geographic situation at the crossroads of two major routes.
		The first one follows the northern piedmont of the Tien Shan, while the second follows a passage that links the Tarim Basin to the Dzungarian Basin.
		The radar image shows the roughness of the terrain quite well, but you nevertheless have to allow for the geometric deformation resulting from the angle of acquisition.
	www.geo.ulg.ac.be /eduweb/poster/en/routes-soie/urumqi/Urumqi.html (142 words)

	Urumqi
		In the later 20th century the energy produced through exploitation of the large oilfield of the Dzungarian Basin and the extensive coal deposits near the Tian Shan contributed to considerable industrialization in the area.
		Urumqi was a small oasis settlement and trading post on the caravan routes west from China, strategically sited in a pass in the Tian Shan range separating the Tarim and Dzungaria basins.
		It was known as Dihua from 1763 when Xinjiang was incorporated into the Chinese Empire.
	www.x-stream.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0018117.html (296 words)

	Introduction
		Part of these faults may be traced down to 40 km.
		Spectral analysis of the topography and gravity anomaliesreveal sub-parallel structures spreading north-eastward across the Dzungarian basin (Figure 1b), with two dominating harmonics of wavelengths of 50-60 km and 300-360 km [Burov et al.
		The geology of the region is characterized by late Proterozoic to Carboniferous sedimentary basins [Goleby et al.
	www.agu.org /pubs/toc/gl/gl/gl9902/1998GL900293/node1.html (679 words)

	Manul
		The manul is adapted to cold arid environments and has a wide distribution through central Asia, but is relatively specialized in its habitat requirements.
		It is found in stony alpine desert and grassland habitats, but is generally absent from lowland sandy desert basins, although it may penetrate these areas along river courses: i.e., it has been recorded from the Dzungarian Basin and Takla Makan Desert in Xinjiang, China.
		The small southern populations in Baluchistan, isolated from the main population, occur in montane juniper steppe.
	kisser.freeservers.com /Manul.html (878 words)

	Catalogo Articoli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		is approximately perpendicular to the easterly-trending mountain belt, indicating that the Tarim Basin thrust almost rightly into the Tianshan Mts.
		The Tarim Basin accommodates nearly no or a minor, if any, crustal deformation and rotates clockwise, as a rigid body in a whole, at a rate of 0.64 degrees /Ma around a Euler pole at 95.7 degreesE, 40.3 degreesN (Anxi, Gansu) with respect to the stable Siberia.
		The relative motion between the Kazakh platform and the Dzungarian Basin is quite apparent.
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