Little Bucharia is separated, on the north, by the chain of the Celestial Mountains, from Dzungaria, which is inhabited by nomade Calmucks, and is terminated on the north by Siberia.
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Dzungaria
/(d)zʊŋˈɡɑːɹiə/
Synonyms for "dzungaria" (7 found)
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cultural regiondzungarian region
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ethnographic regionjunggar basin
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northern xinjiang regionturkic cultural zonexinjiang northwestern region
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6 entriesDzungarian BasinDzungarian MountainsDzungarian SteppeJunggar DesertTurkic settlement areaUyghur homeland
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Prejevalsky’s Horse, which has been found in Central Asia near Zaisan and in the desert of Dzungaria, is described by Poliakof (“Annals of Natural History,” 1881, p. 16, et seq.) as intermediate between the horse and the ass.
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No traditional Chinese dynasty ever governed the whole of Dzungaria. None was capable of or interested in doing so, but the rich oases of the Tarim basin frequently came under imperial control.² Dzungaria was first united with China in the Mongol empire, but it was not until the Manchu or Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911) that Peking developed a positive policy toward this vast area of mountains, steppe, and desert.
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An oil field was discovered at Karamai in 1955, the first of a number to be found in Dzungaria. This oil find has greatly helped China’s industrial development, and the oil fields are now linked to Lanchow by pipeline and by rail. Large refineries have been built at Lanchow and at Tushantzu in Dzungaria.
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