No. 49, May/June 2001
Linkages between Climate Change and Desertification: Glantz

Figure 1: Potential environmental "hotspots" in China

Inner Mongolia desert region (close to Beijing; major source of sandstorms) Tibet Plateau (major river heads and ecosystem; sensitive to global warming and regional climate changes) Chonqing (deforestation, dam building, river diversion, water pollution, migration, fast economic development in industry Xinjiang (oil exploration in Tarim desert affects Tarim and Yarkant Rivers, two major desert river systems)

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