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Taklimakan Desert of China's Xinjiang encircled with green belt due to sand control efforts

Xinhua | Updated: 2025-04-15 09:45

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This photo taken on April 12, 2025 shows a grassland in Baicheng county, Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world.

Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov 28, 2024.

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