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Lop Nur

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Lop Nur  (lp nr) also Lop Nor (nôr)
A marshy depression of northwest China. Once a large salt lake, the area has been used since 1964 for nuclear testing.


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Extending from the East at Shanhaiguan to the West at Lop Nur, the Great Wall of China has a total length of 6,700 km including all its branches.
Known as Lop Nur, the former lake, once the largest in northwest China, was earlier believed to have evaporated in 1972 as a result of desert erosion and the loss of trees cut for firewood.
Fortunately, John and the Wild Camel Protection Foundation were able to establish in1999 the 68,000 square mile Arjin Shan Lop Nur nature reserve in an area where China once exploded 43 nuclear tests in the atmosphere.
 
 
 
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