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Impressions from reporters acrossed the desert road:"dead sea" is of lease of life
(tianshannet) Updated: 2006-October-24 17:58:51


 

Center tarm oilfield in the desert。Qiu Ling photos

Guang Xi news net Tarm Sep,30(Reporter: Qiu ling)Tarm basin is rich in oil and gas, the centre tarm  oilfield situated in the center of Taklimakan desert ,the only way is the road across the Taklimakan desert。In  the journey to the centre tarm  oilfield, reporter has a deep impression to the 562 km long road which across the Taklimakan desert.The construction of the desert road,connect the old silk road from south to north,which made the "dead sea "called desert from a block  to a unobstructed road, which made the wish that conquer the desert come true,the road was recorded into the Guinness World Record as the longest road that across floating desert。

The natural conditions of Taklimakan desert is very bad,deficient rain,sand damage is very serious,in the mean time,how to establish a system that protect the desert road seem very important.The reporter found that forest by the road's two side look like two long dragon,stretch far away.

workers of the desert garden are nursing flowers.Qiu Ling photos

Desert garden 。

Qiu Ling photos  The person in charge of the center tarm oilfield told to the reporter that,almost simultaneously with the oil exploration ,the former tarim oil exploration  headquarter and the Xinjiang birthplace of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou Institute of Desert conducted a pilot test of the desert garden.After more than 10 years of long-term research,researchers successfully found the way of locally taking us of highly mineralized for afforestation,and selected a number of tree species to adapt to the desert environment,formad a technology system for desert road biological defencing sand construction,established the"desert garden "and the "Desert highway defencing forest Project"estabilshed a 320 acreages Biological defencing sand Experiment Base. "Desert  Garden" is the experimental research base  for plants introducing a fine variety,taming,screening ,which draw up an area of 300 acreage, till now ,99 acreage was established,173 kinds of plants wer introduced in,88 of which are healthy,including desert eco-plants,desert economic plants and desert ornamental plants and so on.

To the end of 2005,a "green corridor" runs through the Taklimakan Desert exhibited to the world,The "Dead Sea" is full of vigor,Fundamental govered the  wind damage along the Tarim Desert Highway,accumulated experience of mankind desert.The Tarim Oilfield Construction of the southern desert highway shelter for economic development and ecological projects,To improve the ecological environment in Xinjiang,another great miracle in the world

Desert road afforest。Tarm oilfield Ren Guoliang photos

Desert road.Tarm oilfield Ren Guoliang photos

(SOURCES: XJTS) EDIT: zhaoqian
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