Deserts still menace rivers
By Jin Zhu | China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-15 07:47
Farmers plant corn in a stony desert area in Huishui county, Guizhou province. Zhang Jing / for China Daily |
Millions of hectares of stony desert areas prevail in parts of South and Southwest China, posing great threats to the environment of the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, two of the country's main waterways, officials said.
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