Tarim Desert Highway

China Today Documents the Maintenance of the Green Corridor in the Taklamakan Desert

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Mardi, janvier 5, 2021
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BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest desert in China.

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest desert in China.
  • Stretching across the center of this vast desert runs the Tarim Desert Highway.
  • It was the first desert Highway to be completed in China and is the longest classified highway to pass through a flowing desert in the world.
  • And to maintain the green corridor in the desert, well houses have been placed at regular intervals along the highway, and maintenance staff are assigned to work there.

China Today Documents the Maintenance of the Green Corridor in the Taklamakan Desert

Retrieved on: 
Mardi, janvier 5, 2021
Sites along the Silk Road, Geography of China, Geography of Asia, Deserts of China, Geography of Xinjiang, Tarim Basin, Places, Tarim Desert Highway, Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, Tarim Basin, Tarim oil fields

BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest desert in China.

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest desert in China.
  • Stretching across the center of this vast desert runs the Tarim Desert Highway.
  • It was the first desert Highway to be completed in China and is the longest classified highway to pass through a flowing desert in the world.
  • And to maintain the green corridor in the desert, well houses have been placed at regular intervals along the highway, and maintenance staff are assigned to work there.