The Turpan Depression or Turfan Depression, is a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far Western China, about 150 kilometres southeast of the regional capital Ürümqi. It includes Lake Ayding, −154 metres, the second or third lowest depression on Earth. By some measures, it is …The Turpan Depression or Turfan Depression, is a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far Western China, about 150 kilometres southeast of the regional capital Ürümqi. It includes Lake Ayding, −154 metres, the second or third lowest depression on Earth. By some measures, it is also the hottest and driest area in China during the summer.
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