摘要
In the Uygur language,“Turpan”means“a fertile and affluent place.”However,Turpan,located in the Turpan Basin in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,has long been known as“Place of Fire.”Turpan boasts a unique topography encircled by mountains all around,which creates an exceedingly dry and hot climate:Temperature in summer peaks at 49.6C,and its annual precipitation is merely about 16 millimeters,but the evaporation rate exceeds 3,000 millimeters.
