Researchers estimate that China's largest desert formed 300,000 years ago.

Chinese researchers have found that Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur slotxo 168 Autonomous Region in the northwestern part of China which is the country's largest desert It may have formed 300,000 years ago.


Xinhua News Agency reported from Urumqi, China, on February 23 that Mr. Zhang Yuanming, director of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the discovery was made. During China's third scientific expedition in Xinjiang, which started in December 2021 and made several important progress,


The Tianshan Mountains and surrounding areas are the world's first cold-water organisms. Based on the discovery of the animal family "Gammarid" (gammariidea) new species. which originated in the watershed of this region


Meanwhile, the survey also discovered 39 parasitic natural pests first recorded in China and two new species of moss plants.


In addition, 26 automatic ecological observation points were built in the uninhabited areas of Xinjiang during the survey. through the integration of drones, satellites, and Internet of Things technologies.