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Lop Nur

Alternative Chinese nameTraditional ChineseSimplified ChineseLiteral meaningLop LakeMongolian nameMongolian Cyrillicᠯᠣᠪ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷЛоб НуурUyghur nameUyghurلوپنۇر‎Lop Nur or Lop Nor (Uyghur: لوپنۇر, Oirat: ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫᠨᡇᡇᠷ, romanized: Lob nuur, from an OiratMongolic name meaning "Lop Lake", where "Lop" is a toponym of unknown origin) is a now largely dried-up salt lake formerly located within the Lop Depression in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin in the southeastern portion of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, northwestern China, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts.

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