Xinjiang is the largest province in China(than 1 ． 6 million square kilometers in area) ．          Xinjiang has the longest international boundary line and shares it with the greatest number of countries(8 countries and total boundaries running to 5 ， 600 kilometers) ．
        As for the number of inland port opened by China government ， Xin jiang is the most in China ．
        Xinjiang has opened the largest number of peaks to foreign mountaineers in China ．
        Xinjing is the sole region(province)in China with the greatest number of and longest distances in air routes ．
        Urumqi ， capital of Xinjiang ， is the city farthest from the sea in the world ．
        The lowest is the Turpan Basin in Xinjiang ， where Lake Aydingkol is 1 54meters below sea level ， the deepest depression in all of China ， the second inland depression in the world too ．
        The Tarim Basin is the largest basin in China(560 ， 000 squre kilometers in area) ．
        The Tarim River iS the longest inland river in China kilometers long) ．
        The Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China(337 ， 600 square kilometers in area)
        The Bosteng Lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in China(980 square kilometers in area) ．
         The “karez well” in Xinjiang is an underground irrigation system of wells and channels ， the longest in china(5 ， 000kiloneters long) ．
          There is a swan reserve on the Bayanbulak Grasslands in Xinjiang ， the only one in China
          The highway in the desert from Luntai County to Ming feng County in Xinjiang is the longest highway in the desert in the world(522 kilometers long) ．

 
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