Xinjiang's picturesque lakes are gradually vanishing and may soon be lost as humans make
their presence felt, Urumqi.
由于人類(lèi)隨心所欲地汲取,新疆烏魯木齊的湖正在逐漸變小,有可能迅速消失。
Rose willows struggle to survive along the edge of Aibi Lake, the largest saltwater lake in
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Strong wind and salt marshes near the lake make it one of
the four sources of sandstorms in China.
圖中的紅柳生長(zhǎng)在惡劣的自然環(huán)境中,它們生長(zhǎng)在新疆維吾爾自治區(qū)最大的咸水湖艾比湖邊。由于強(qiáng)風(fēng)和湖邊的鹽沼,這里成為了中國(guó)四大沙塵暴天氣發(fā)源地之一。

Wild ducks enjoy a comfortable summer in Aibi Lake. A wetland reserve was set up to try to
save the lake.
野鴨在艾比湖中享受著夏天。為了保護(hù)艾比湖,有關(guān)部門(mén)建立了濕地保護(hù)區(qū)。
243 lakes: The number in China have disappeared in the past 50 years, 62 of them were in
Xinjiang. 114 lakes: The number in Xinjiang that cover at least 1 sqkm.
過(guò)去50年中,中國(guó)有243個(gè)湖泊消失,其中62個(gè)原屬新疆。新疆的114個(gè)湖泊覆蓋了1平方公里的面積。