A reverse trend eventually has occurred in the desert outside the Dunhuang Grottes. A river disappeared for more than 300 years has recently reappeared.
#china#desert#dunhuang
A Tang dynasty temple by a crescent pond outside Dunhuang city.
The pond was much bigger and the landscape lusher during the last Chinese dynasty Ming. But in the recent 300 years, the underground water source dried out and the pond shrunk ...
https://www.viewofchina.com/mogao-grottoes/#china#dunhuang
A dry and bleak landscape around Dunhuang in China's northwest.
Desert near Dunhuang Grottoes along the old Silk Road, Gansu Province, northwest China
#china#desert#silkroad
A Tang dynasty temple by a crescent pond outside Dunhuang city.
The pond was much bigger and the landscape lusher during the last Chinese dynasty Ming. But in the recent 300 years, the underground water source dried out and the pond shrunk ...
https://www.viewofchina.com/mogao-grottoes/#china#dunhuang
A dry and bleak landscape around Dunhuang in China's northwest.
Desert near Dunhuang Grottoes along the old Silk Road, Gansu Province, northwest China
#china#desert#silkroad