Passage: Tian Shan is north and west of the Taklamakan Desert and directly north of the Tarim Basin in the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang in northwest China. In the south it links up with the Pamir Mountains and to north and east it meets the Altai Mountains of Mongolia.

Question: Where is Tian Shan located?
north and west of the Taklamakan Desert and directly north of the Tarim Basin in the border region of Kazakhstan