Qinghai Lake area during dry season than it did four years ago, adding more than 120 square kilometers _ | | season around Qinghai Lake area news

Xinhuanet, Xining, July 27 (reporter He Wei)-monitoring results show that the Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake--2014 season update covers an area of 4372.94 square kilometers, compared with the same period in 2010 added 123.64 square kilometers.

Located northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, Qinghai Lake is China's largest inland saltwater lake, is also a famous tourist destination. In recent years, the Qinghai Lake area as a whole a "v"-shaped wave, in 2004 and 2005 years belonging to the Lakes region smallest, then entered a period of sustained growth, especially in the past four or five years to expand faster.

Geomatics Wang Yuan, Deputy Director of Qinghai province introduction from late May to early June, they used satellite images to the Qinghai Lake area in remote sensing image interpretation and correction using water level data, calculates the latest 2014 season around Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4372.94 square kilometers.

Wang Yuan says, starting from 2008, Qinghai province basic geographic information center every May and September rainy season of Qinghai Lake area during dry season monitoring, and regular public monitoring results. Overall, the Qinghai Lake area continues to expand, or will gradually close in 1974, the largest area of 4477.53 square kilometers.

Experts believe that the Qinghai Lake area increased mainly due to abundant rainfall, grassland around Qinghai Lake governance began in 2008, planting trees, Windbreak and a series of improvement measures began to take effect.

"In any case, the area of Qinghai Lake in Qinghai province and the western area, it sends positive signals. "Wang Yuan says.

In June 2010, the construction of Qinghai province basic geographic information center "Qinghai Lake area of remote sensing dynamic monitoring of GIS" open run. Of the Qinghai Lake area with high precision and continuous dynamic monitoring, reflect changes in the ecological environment of the Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Lake ecological environment, and provide for Government decision-making.

(Edit: SN117)
July 27, 2014, at 09:19 Xinhua NET