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Tarim Basin

geographical area in Central Asia
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Tarim Basin
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Summary

Tarim Basin is a structural basin[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of structural basin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,540 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3], Afghanistan[4], Kyrgyzstan[5], Pakistan[6], Tajikistan[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Tarim River[8]
  • Continent: Asia[9]
  • Instance of: endorheic basin[10], Kraina geograficzna[11]
  • Shares border with: Tibetan Plateau[12]
  • Named after: Tarim River[13]
  • Commons category: Tarim Basin[14]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+06:00[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tarim basin[16]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18]

Why It Matters

Tarim Basin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan People's Republic of China Tajikistan Tarim River

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+06:00
    Topic's main category → Category:Tarim basin
    Continent → Asia
    Named after → Tarim River
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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