Hol Xil reserve’s lakes swell
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LAKES in the nature reserve of Hol Xil on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in west China have been swelling over the past decade due to warmer and wetter climate, scientists have said.
Sitting 4,600 meters above sea level, the 45,000-square-kilometer Hol Xil nature reserve is China’s largest unpopulated area and is home to wild yak and the endangered Tibetan antelopes.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences Qinghai Salt Lakes Research Institute began sampling several salt lakes in the reserve last November.
Initial investigation showed that the areas of these salt lakes have increased markedly and the water is less saline.
A survey conducted last September by the water conservancy department of Qinghai Province and Changjiang Water Resources Commission showed that from 1989 to 2015, three major lakes in the reserve expended.
Liu Baokang, senior engineer with Qinghai Provincial Academy of Meteorological Sciences, said the warmer and wetter climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the major cause of the swelling lakes in the reserve.
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