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Vast hidden ‘ocean’ found under Chinese desert
by Yasmin Kaye
ibtimes.co.uk
Chinese scientists have discovered what could be a huge hidden ocean underneath one of the driest places on earth, the South China Morning Post reported on 30 July.
The Tarim basin in northwestern Xinjiang, China, is one of the driest places on Earth, but the vast amount of salt water concealed underneath could equal 10 times the water found in all five of the Great Lakes in the US.
“This is a terrifying amount of water,” said professor Li Yan, who led the study at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography in Urumqi, the Xinjiang capital.
“Never before have people dared to imagine so much water under the sand. Our definition of desert may have to change,” he told the South China Morning Post.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2015/08/vast-hidden-ocean-found-under-chinese.html
