Shelter forest protects desert highway from intrusion of sand in Xinjiang

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-10 21:46:01|Editor: An

CHINA-XINJIANG-HIGHWAY-SHELTER FOREST(CN)

Photo taken on July 9, 2017 shows an oasis near Tarim Desert Highway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A 436-km long and over-70-meter wide "green wall", formed by some 20 million trees, was completed in 2005, to protect the desert highway from the intrusion of sand. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) 

   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next  

KEY WORDS: shelter forest
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011106041364328651