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Cities and places across Xinjiang

From the Tian Shan to the Tarim Basin, this regional view places the magazine’s cities and selected sites in context. City markers are approximate orientation points; peaks indicate summits, not heritage boundaries or entrances.

Xinjiang · China
Ürümqi Changji Karamay Turpan Hami Ili Bortala Altay Tacheng Bayingolin Aksu Kashgar Hotan Kizilsu Ürümqi Grand Bazaar Bogda Grape Valley Yar City Tomur Kizil Caves Jiya

Simplified physical geography · orientation only

These places remain in the list without map markers because the available coordinates do not identify a reliable point.

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Turpan karez

The national craft listing describes a method for moving groundwater with little surface loss. A public park shows one such channel; it is not the whole system.

Turpan karez

Looking up a shaft in the Turpan karez museum, with the channel below and a lit grating above.

From shaft to pool

A karez is a sequence of holes, a dark channel, a ditch and a pond, made so that water spends less time in the sun.

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  1. Inside the karez museum at Turpan: the shaft above the underground channel.Tomskyhaha · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗