Landsat image of part of the salt lake known as Lop Nur (top right) which is situated in the large Tarim Basin, a desertic area in western China. A pe

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Landsat image of part of the salt lake known as Lop Nur (top right) which is situated in the large Tarim Basin, a desertic area in western China. A peculiar ear-shaped area is visible at top centre. This is a marshland, a wet area mainly composed of inorganic soil, which is periodically flooded by the salt lake.

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Keywords: basin, china, desert, environment, geography, lake, landast, landsat, landscape, lop, lup, marshland, nur, salt, space, tarim