The
Lop Desert, or the
Lop Depression, is a
desert extending from
Korla eastwards along the foot of the Kuruk-tagh (meaning Dry Mountain) to the formerly terminal
Tarim Basin in the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of
China. It is an almost perfectly horizontal expanse.
Lake Bosten in the northwest lies at an altitude of 1,030 m to 1,040 m (3,380 to 3,410 ft), while the Lop Nur in the southeast is only 250 m lower.