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The 28 pages that link to Tarim Basin, each with the reason it gives.

• Endorheic basinBroader topic: Its rivers terminate inland, sustaining oases and shrinking lakes rather than reaching the sea.

• Tibetan EmpireBroader topic: Its oases became contested territory as Tibetan power extended into Central Asia.

• XinjiangBroader topic: Its oases and desert shaped settlement along the southern routes of the Silk Road.

• UyghursBroader topic: Oasis settlements around its rim formed the setting for much Uyghur history.

• Zhang QianBroader topic: The corridor of oasis states his journeys mapped for Han diplomacy and trade.

• Hexi CorridorRelated: It lies west of the corridor and contains routes that continued around the Taklamakan Desert.

• Tian ShanRelated: Sediment eroded from the southern Tian Shan drains toward this basin.

• Tocharian languagesRelated: Tocharian documents were found in settlements and sites around this basin.

• SakaBroader topic: Saka-speaking communities are documented in the basin’s ancient oasis settlements.

• Taklamakan DesertNarrower topic: The desert occupies most of this enclosed basin, whose rivers drain inward.

• KuchaNarrower topic: Kucha occupied the basin’s northern rim, where mountain water sustained oasis life.

• Kunlun MountainsRelated: This basin lies immediately north of the Kunlun Mountains.

• Tarim mummiesNarrower topic: The basin defines the geographic setting of the mummy discoveries.

• KhotanNarrower topic: Khotan occupied the basin’s southern rim, where rivers descend from the Kunlun Mountains.

• Lop NurNarrower topic: Lop Nur occupies the basin’s eastern lowlands.

• KashgarNarrower topic: Kashgar lies at the basin’s western edge, where routes skirt the desert.

• Protectorate of the Western RegionsBroader topic: The Protectorate’s central task was governing the basin’s chain of oasis states.

• Ban ChaoNarrower topic: Its oasis kingdoms formed the terrain of Ban Chao’s campaigns.

• DzungariaCompared with: The Tarim Basin lies south of the Tian Shan and contrasts with Dzungaria’s northern geography.

• Junggar BasinCompared with: It is Xinjiang’s other major basin, separated from Junggar by the Tian Shan.

• Ferghana ValleyRelated: The basin caravans entered after crossing the Pamirs from the valley.

• Kingdom of KhotanNarrower topic: Khotan occupied the basin’s southern rim, where mountain rivers sustained oasis settlements.

• Tarim RiverNarrower topic: The river drains this enclosed basin, where water does not reach the sea.

• TochariansNarrower topic: The basin’s oases were the setting for the communities associated with Tocharian texts.

• Turpan DepressionRelated: It is the larger neighboring basin west of Turpan.

• History of XinjiangBroader topic: Its oasis communities formed the setting for many of Xinjiang’s earliest recorded societies.

• Western ChinaBroader topic: Its enclosed desert environment concentrates settlement around the basin's margins.

• Northwestern ChinaBroader topic: Its oasis geography concentrates life around rivers descending from the basin’s rim.