Turpan Depression

Turpan Depression
Turpan Depression
	The Turpan Depression, nestled at the foot of China's Bogda Shan Mountains.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吐魯番盆地
Simplified Chinese	吐鲁番盆地
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tǔlǔfán Péndì
Uyghur name
Uyghur	تۇرپان ئويمانلىقى‎
Latin Yëziqi
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi	Turpan Oymanliqi
Siril Yëziqi	Турпан Ойманлиқи

42.78°N 89.34°E / 42.78; 89.34

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 (93 mi) southeast of the regional capital Ürümqi. It includes Lake Ayding, −154 metres (−505 ft), 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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