Zeev Lo Va

Planet Science Research Issue 5: China's second largest saltwater lake, why did it suddenly disappear?

Many people know that China's first inland lake is also China's first saltwater lake Qinghai Lake, then the second largest saltwater lake is where? Lop Nor is China's once the second largest saltwater lake (now the second largest saltwater lake is Namucuo), also known as Lop Nur. Lop Nor is located in the eastern end of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, the most low-lying Lop Nor lowlands, the system of tectonic trap lake, formed in the early Quaternary period. Ancient period its main source from the Tarim River, also endured from the east of the Shule River confluence of people from the Qilian Mountains, Arjinshan vein part of the ice and snow melt water, can be described as left and right, so once the Lop Nur Lake area is huge. ↓