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Desertification control team works along first desert highway in #Ningxia, NW China. https://bit.ly/33l1ETF
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2:00 AM · Sep 12, 2020
Desertification control team works along first desert highway in Ningxia
Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-11 14:13:22|Editor: huaxia
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
ZHONGWEI, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway is under construction, of which an 18-kilometer-long section going through the Tengger Desert is the first desert highway in Ningxia.
A desertification control team works along the highway construction site, using straw checkerboard barriers and planting vegetation to stop the dunes from moving or expanding.
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 7, 2020 shows the sand barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 7, 2020 shows the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
A desertification control worker drinks water during the break while making straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Desertification control workers have meals in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
A desertification control worker makes straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 7, 2020 shows desertification control workers making straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
China state-affiliated media
Desertification control team works along first desert highway in #Ningxia, NW China. https://bit.ly/33l1ETF
2:00 AM · Sep 12, 2020
Desertification control team works along first desert highway in Ningxia
Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-11 14:13:22|Editor: huaxia
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ZHONGWEI, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway is under construction, of which an 18-kilometer-long section going through the Tengger Desert is the first desert highway in Ningxia.
A desertification control team works along the highway construction site, using straw checkerboard barriers and planting vegetation to stop the dunes from moving or expanding.
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