Xinjiang topographic maps
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Turpan Depression
China > Xinjiang > Gaochang District
The Turpan Basin formed in a shear zone during the Late Permian due to motion between the East European and the Angaran craton. It was subsequently deformed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates in the Cenozoic. In the latter deformation, a thrust fault belt running from east to west, the Flaming…
Average elevation: -152 m
