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0385 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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lowed up from the mouth. South of the row of villages
supported by kariz the gently descending plain becomes
saline and marshy. Finally, it merges into the shallow cen-
tral lake, or playa of Böjanti (5), which is dry except in
winter, when the water which reaches it freezes and will not
readily evaporate. South of the lake, another lifeless gravel
plain (6) rises high on the side of the slaty, rounded moun-
tains of Chol Tagh (7). At the western end of the basin,
numerous streams unite to form a centripetal river analo-
gous to the much larger Tarim of the Lop basin. This
succeeds in reaching the lake during the winter, though
diverted for irrigation in summer. A group of centripetal
streams from the northeast side of the basin might also
reach the lake, if they were not lost in the Kum Tagh, or
Sand Mountains, huge heaps of dark, heavy sand, which
have been piled up by the fierce west and northwest winds
of spring to a height of four, five, and even six hundred feet,
with steep, unbroken slopes from top to bottom.

In general, the scenery of the Turfan basin is uninterest-
ing. The lake is a mere mucky salt swamp; the plain, ex-
cept where there are villages, is a monotonous expanse of
reedy stubble and clay with a little camel-thorn: the gravel
slopes are dreary wastes of barrenness: the Sand Mountains,
though striking, are peculiarly sombre by reason of the
dark gray and deep purple shades of the long slopes. They
lack the delicate details so beautiful in sand deposits of
lighter weight and color. The Desert Mountains (Chol
Tagh) on the south are so flat-topped and subdued in gen-
eral outline that one gladly turns from them: even the high
Bogdo range on the north arouses enthusiasm only when