Taklamakan Desert of water, accounts for the somewhat wide diurnal temperature variation. The Taklamakan Desert has very little water, therefore it is hazardous to cross. Merchant caravans on the Silk Road would stop for relief at the thriving oasis towns. It was in close proximity to many of the ancient civilizations — to the Northwest is the Amu Darya basin, to the southwest the Afghanistan mountain passes lead to Iran and India, to the east is China, and even to the north ancient towns such as Almaty can be found. The key oasis towns, watered by rainfall from the mountains, were Kashgar,
Country Homes, Washington Country Homes, Washington Country Homes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,841 at the 2010 census. Country Homes is located at (47.745690, -117.417558). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,203 people, 1,821 households, and 1,161 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,066.6 people per square mile (1,181.7/km²). There were 1,930 housing units at an average density of 1,137.5/sq mi (438.3/km²). The racial makeup of