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Sand Lake & White Sand Hill (aka Baisha Lake), along the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang China.It is the highest paved international road in the world; it connects Western China and Pakistan. It is one of the very few routes that cross the Himalayas and the most westerly of them. Historically, this was a caravan trail, one branch of the ancient Silk Road.
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- Copyright 2017 Blaine Harrington III ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Asia, Baisha Lake, China, China-East Asia, China-Pakistan Friendship Highway, Horizontal, Karakoram Highway, N-35, National Highway 35, Pamir Mountains, Pamir Plateau, Silk Road, Travel destinations, West China, White Sand Lake, White Sands Lake, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Province, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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- China-The Silk Road-Xinjiang-Karakoram Highway

