Gurbantünggüt Desert

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The desert Gurbantünggüt, Gurban Tunggut, Dzoosotoyn - Elisen desert or Junggar Desert (Chinese古尔 班 通 古特沙 漠, Pinyin Gu'erbantonggute Shamo ) is located in the center of the Junggar Basin ( Dsungarisches basin ) in the north of Xinjiang. It has an area of ​​48,800 square kilometers and lies between 300 and 600 meters above sea level. It is China's second largest desert. Your annual rainfall reaches 70 to 150 mm. In it lies the Eurasian pole of inaccessibility. In the 50s, large oil deposits were discovered at the edge of the desert in Karamay.