盆地

(geography) basin / depression

basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4]

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia

the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang

the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang

four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地

Sichuan basin

Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang

Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin

the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan