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Ancient Chinese Canals Can’t Stop Desertification
TURPAN - Kalik is seated next to his father in the small courtyard of an old, traditional Uyghur house made of ochre-colored bricks. “We are able to produce 500 kilos of grapes per day,” he boasts. Such production levels are something of a miracle, considering the climatic conditions that have hit Turpan, an oasis located in the middle of the desert in the northwest Xinjian region. The soil is dry and often sandy, and it receives no more than 20 millimeters of rain per year. The young man is aware that this production is necessary for the survival of his family, whose property is situated just a few steps from the canal that was dug up four centuries ago. It is one of the arteries of the karez , an irrigation system dating back more than two millennia, and which served as a lifeline for this oasis, a former stopover for the caravans on the ancient Silk Road.MANOVA - Referenzen - Evaluierung Gartenplattform "Die Gärten Niederösterreichs"
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