Water: A Precious Resource in the Yanqi Basin

Water from the Kaidu River made it possible to turn part of the Taklamakan Desert into an oasis for agriculture, but it has also disturbed the water table.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland. Congratulations to Yiannis Raftopoulos and Susan Myers for being the first to identify the location and many of the features in the image.

Published August 18, 2012
Data acquired September 17, 2000

Source:

Landsat 7 > ETM+