An Artificial Oasis in a Deadly Desert: Practices and Enlightenments

Building highway and its biological protection system in a drought-affected shifting-sand desert is a great challenge. This challenge was completed by the construction of the Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt (TDHS)—the longest of its kind in the world (436 km). The TDHS can serve as a model for...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhao, Jie Xue, Nan Wu, Robert Lee Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/14/2237