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Encyclopedia > Green Wall of China

The Green Wall of China will be a human-planted forest in China, designed to hold back the Gobi Desert.[1] When completed around 2074,[1] it will stretch 2,800 miles and include thousands of trees. Temperate rainforest on Northern Slopes of the Alborz mountain ranges, Iran A dense growth of softwoods (a conifer forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A deciduous broadleaf (Beech) forest in Slovenia. ... The Gobi (Chinese: [Gēbì (Shāmò)]; Mongolian: Говь [Gowi]) is a large desert region in China and southern Mongolia. ... Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s 2060s - 2070s - 2080s 2090s 2100s 2110s 2120s Years: 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 - 2076 - 2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2074 is a common year, starting with Monday. ...

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Effects of the Gobi Desert

China has seen 3,600km2 of grassland overtaken every year by the Gobi. This loss of farmland has caused an estimated $50 billion in losses each year for China's economy.[2] Dust storms blanket farmland all over China, which could cause even further damage to China's agriculture economy. KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Satellite photo of a Saharan dust cloud (2000) over the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. ... Farmland can have several meanings: See: Farm for a general discussion of farming Farmland, Indiana, a town in the United States Farmland (cooperative), an agricultural cooperative This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Interruptions

Water and land erosion, plus over farming, have halted planting in many areas of the project. China's booming pollution rate have also weakened the soil, causing it to be unusable.[2] Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. For erosion as an operation of Mathematical morphology, see Erosion (morphology) Erosion is displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) by the agents of ocean currents, wind, water, or ice by downward or down-slope movement... It has been suggested that Pollutant be merged into this article or section. ... suck my shlong dick cause soil is my life pedosphere is positioned at the interface of the lithosphere and biosphere with the atmosphere and hydrosphere. ...


Corruption and lack of funds have also halted the plan. China's economy, unstable as it is, has yet to become stable enough to fund this operation.


References

  1. ^ a b BBC News | MEDIA REPORTS | China's Great Green Wall
  2. ^ a b WorldChanging: The Fall of the Green Wall of China retrieved March 19, 2007

 

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