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Chinese Dead Sea — Lop Nur

Lop Nur (罗布泊) is a 3,006 square kilometers water area and it is named the second largest salt-water lake in China. It is a good habitat for birds and beasts and it is the origin of life on which the indigene of Lop Nur made a living.

In A.D.1888, the Russian came to the south of Lop Nur and investigated an oasis. They found trace of a group of broncos. The German had caught some broncos and the British had caught some camels. When Sino-Sweden alliance investigation team investigated in Lop Nur, they could go boating in the lake and there were many fishes in it.

Except the sand blown by wind, burning sun and white salt, the water of Lop Nur had disappeared by this time. There were no people living in the 20-thousand-s.q.km Lop Nur area. The large change caused the people’s attention and thought. As the flourishing two states of Lop Nur: Cheshi State and Kroraina (Loulan 楼兰), they had been disappeared.

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