Irrigation pattern
Long, straight channels and field edges divide the land into regular plots. The result is a clear geometric texture across the whole map.
Minimalist map poster · China
37.5849° N / 80.1840° E
An oasis settlement of straight irrigation lines and tree-lined roads, set in cultivated land against the Taklamakan's open edge

One city, five moods
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The map
Yisilamu'awati is a township in the Hotan region of southern Xinjiang, on the southern rim of the Tarim Basin. Settlement here depends on water from mountain rivers, and the map shows it. Roads, canals and field boundaries run in long, mostly straight lines across irrigated land, and houses cluster along them.
Like other oases around Hotan, the township lies between the Kunlun Mountains to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. Farming relies on channels that carry river water from the mountains across the plain. Rows of poplars line many of these roads and ditches and act as windbreaks against dust and sand.
A Yisilamu'awati map poster presents a landscape organised by irrigation, with a regular pattern of roads and plots that stops abruptly at the edge of the oasis. Beyond it, the map empties out. That contrast between careful cultivation and open desert makes the sheet unusual and calm, a portrait of a place shaped by water management.
Long, straight channels and field edges divide the land into regular plots. The result is a clear geometric texture across the whole map.
Roads run between rows of poplar windbreaks. They link houses and villages scattered along the cultivated land.
The cultivated area ends where water no longer reaches. Beyond that line the map opens into empty desert space.
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Why Yisilamu'awati
For people from the Hotan oases, or anyone drawn to the landscapes of the old Silk Road routes, this map records a way of living shaped by water. Its geometric order makes a striking minimalist print.
You can change the title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example to add a name in another script or a family date. Choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, and download HD files in six print sizes.
Order the Yisilamu'awati poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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