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PRONUNCIATION OF TARIM BASIN

Tarim Basin  [ˈtɑːˈriːm ˈbeɪsən] play
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WHAT DOES TARIM BASIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tarim Basin

Tarim Basin

The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in northwest China occupying an area of about 906,500 km2. Located in China's Xinjiang region, it is sometimes used metonymously for the southern half of the province, or Nanjiang. Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and its southern boundary is the Kunlun Mountains on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Taklamakan Desert dominates much of the basin. The historical Uyghur name for the Tarim Basin is Altishahr, which means "six cities" in Uyghur.

Definition of Tarim Basin in the English dictionary

The definition of Tarim Basin in the dictionary is an area drained by the Tarim river, between the Tian Shan and Kunlun mountain systems of central Asia, covering about 906 500 sq km.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TARIM BASIN


Addison
ˈædɪsən
alison
ˈælɪsən
basin
ˈbeɪsən
bison
ˈbaɪsən
chasten
ˈtʃeɪsən
comparison
kəmˈpærɪsən
Edison
ˈɛdɪsən
freemason
ˈfriːˌmeɪsən
Harrison
ˈhærɪsən
hasten
ˈheɪsən
interbasin
ˌɪntəˈbeɪsən
Jason
ˈdʒeɪsən
listen
ˈlɪsən
madison
ˈmædɪsən
mason
ˈmeɪsən
Morrison
ˈmɒrɪsən
stonemason
ˈstəʊnˌmeɪsən
subbasin
ˈsʌbˌbeɪsən
Tyson
ˈtaɪsən
washbasin
ˈwɒʃˌbeɪsən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TARIM BASIN

Tarheel State
tariff
tariff agreement
tariff barriers
tariff heading
tariff line
tariff office
tariff reform
tariffication
tariffless
Tarim
Tarkington
Tarkovsky
tarlatan
tarmac
tarmacadam
tarmacked
tarmacking
tarn
Tarn-et-Garonne

WORDS THAT END LIKE TARIM BASIN

Amazon basin
Banjarmasin
Canning Basin
catch basin
cytochalasin
Donets Basin
Foxe Basin
Great Basin
hand basin
Kuznetsk Basin
Minas Basin
moccasin
Okavango Basin
pedestal basin
river basin
sarrasin
tidal basin
vanity basin
wash-hand basin
water moccasin

Synonyms and antonyms of Tarim Basin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Tarim Basin» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

塔里木盆地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cuenca del Tarim
570 millions of speakers

English

Tarim Basin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Tarim बेसिन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حوض تاريم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тарим бассейна
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Bacia Tarim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরীম বেসিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bassin du Tarim
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tarim Basin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tarim-Becken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タリム盆地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타림 분지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarim Basin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tarim Basin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தரிம் பேசின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तारिम बेसिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tarık Havzası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tarim Basin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tarim Basin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тарим басейну
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tarim Basin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tarim Basin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tarim bekken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tarimbäckenet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tarim Basin
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARIM BASIN»

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Basin Analysis, Global Sedimentary Geology and ...
For example, the main oil field in the Tarim basin are the products of the Himalayan oil and reservoir forming stage. The effects of different order structurals generated by the HTM in oil and gas bearing basins are very important. They may ...
Baojun Liu, Li Sitian, 1997
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A Comparative Study of Thirty City-state Cultures: An ...
In waves, the city-states of the Tarim Basin accepted foreign cultures which they then made their own, turning them into the common patrimony of the whole region. Even when, conquered by foreign powers, these communities became part of ...
Mogens Herman Hansen, 2000
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Stratigraphy
Research histdute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, CNPC, CHINA Abstract Tarim Basin is a large Petroliferous basin with rich petroleum resources and good exploration prospec- tion. Carboniferous is one of the main oil-bearing  ...
Wang Naiwen, Jürgen Remane, 1998
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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Source ...
Table 2.3 Continued yrmodahrmnsc mb P mb Pn mb Lg Mw Region 901024233815 5.2 4.85 5.56 5.00" Central Tien Shan 901103172514 5.1 4.74 5.41 4.88C Eastern Tarim Basin 901112122850 5.8 6.14 6.32 5.89" Northern Tien Shan ...
Goran Ekstrom, Marvin Denny, John R. Murphy, 2001
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Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A Sourcebook ...
The china tarim basin i and tarim basin ii projects. The Tarim Basin in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China supports 5 million people. Its arid climate implies significant ET, much of which does not contribute to agricultural ...
‎2005
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Paleozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution of central and ...
... VS., 1993, Evolution of the Altaid tectonic collage and Paleozoic crustal growth in Eurasia: Nature, v. 364, p. 299-307. Scngor, A.M.C., Graham, S.A., and Biddle, K.T., 1996, Is the Tarim basin underlain by a Neoproterozoic oceanic plateau?
Gregory Arlen Davis, Marc S, 2001
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Geology of Fossil Fuels - Oil and Gas: Proceedings of the ...
To evaluate the oil and gas resources in Tarim Basin, a software system for three- dimensional modeling of oil and gas basins has developed. The influence of tectonic movements on the generation and migration of hydrocarbon in Tarim Basin ...
Zhaocai Sun, 1997
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Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of Neoproteozoic-Cambrian ...
Late Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic evolution and hydrocarbon prospectivity of the NW Tarim Basin, China SEBASTIAN A. TURNER Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, ...
G. M. Bhat, 2012
9
China's Oil Industry and Market
3.2.1 Exploration and development in the Tarim Basin CNPC and China's MGMR have made several potentially significant discoveries in the northern and central parts of the basin since exploration began in the 1970s. As of the end of 1996, ...
H.H. Wang, 1999
10
Life Along the Silk Road
At the valley's head the road crossed the Terek Davan pass, where these two ranges join, and then dropped down into the city of Kashgar in the Tarim basin. The glacier and detritus-filled valley floors of the Pamirs lie at between 12,000 and ...
Susan Whitfield, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARIM BASIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Tarim Basin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Huge hidden ocean under Xinjiang's Tarim basin larger than all …
The amount of salt water beneath the Tarim basin in northwestern Xinjiang province could be equivalent to 10 times the water in all five Great Lakes in North ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
DNA Reveals These Red-Haired Chinese Mummies Come From …
Contemporary occupants of the Tarim Basin, a geographical area in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region of northwest China, are both biologically and ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
Researchers narrow birth estimate for the Takliman Desert
The Tarim basin, in which the Takliman is the dominant feature, was influenced by a shallow sea from the late Cretaceous to the early Paleogene. This sea was ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
4
China has more shale gas than any other country. But getting it out …
The majority of its shale reserves are in the Sichuan basin, around Chongqing, and the Tarim basin in the deserts of central and western Xinjiang. The water ... «Quartz, Sep 14»
5
Halliburton bolsters China's fracking through partnership
Halliburton said the Tarim Basin could have 50 million tons of oil equivalent in proved reserves by 2025, and the greater Xinjiang province might have 100 ... «FuelFix, Jul 14»
6
Are these the world's oldest trousers? 3000-year-old clothing …
What are thought to be the world's oldest trousers (pictured) have been discovered in one of the Yanghai tombs in China's Tarim Basin. The trousers are made of ... «Daily Mail, Jun 14»
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First pants worn by horse riders 3000 years ago
The discoveries, uncovered in the Yanghai graveyard in China's Tarim Basin, support previous work suggesting that nomadic herders in Central Asia invented ... «Science News, May 14»
8
Researchers Find World's Oldest Cheese
A team of researchers recently analyzed cheese found on the mummies buried in the Tarim Basin and found that the cheese dated back to 1615 BC. (Photo ... «Nature World News, Feb 14»
9
The Beauty of Loulan and the Tattooed Mummies of the Tarim Basin
Unfortunately, the region where she and the others were found is politically unstable and the discovery of the mummies in the Tarim Basin in China was seen as ... «Ancient Origins, Jan 14»
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Tarim Basin Mummy
The barren desert of China's southern Tarim Basin has been the source of some of the ancient world's most mysterious tattooed mummies. One of them ... «Archaeology, Oct 13»

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