Their facial features are three-dimensional, showing a high nose, big eyes and white skin.

Uighurs in southern Xinjiang seem to have more white characteristics. Their facial features are three-dimensional, showing a high nose, big eyes and white skin. The Uighurs in Mi and Turpan are slightly flat in appearance and slightly yellow in skin color, which is closer to the appearance of Han and Mongolian. Uighurs mainly live in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, mainly at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain. Oases around Tarim Basin are the centers of Uighur settlements, especially Kashgar Oasis, Hotan Oasis, Aksu River and Tarim River Basin. Turpan basin at the eastern end of Tianshan Mountain is also Uygur.