库姆塔格沙漠

kù mǔ tǎ gé shā mò

Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China

库

kù

warehouse

姆

mǔ

(old) female tutor

塔

tǎ

pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4])

格

gé

square

沙

shā

granule

漠

mò

desert