[:ja]ISSから撮影された、タクラマカン砂漠の淡水湖、ボステン湖です。ボステン湖は中国・新疆ウイグル自治区タリム盆地の北東縁にあります。北側の天山山脈の恵みで、5万5千人の農業集落を支えています。
天山山脈から同湖に流れ込むカイドゥ川により、土砂が運ばれ沈殿物となって巨大な扇状地を形成していますが、今は畑となって隠れています。また、同湖の水は砂丘の下に沁み込み、ろ過されて塩分が反対側に露出し、塩原を形成しています。
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.61: Taklamakan Desert and Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake, a freshwater lake in the northeast edge of Tarim Basin, China. Blessings from the Ten Shan Mountains in the north supports the livings of 55,000 people in the village.
Kaidu River feeds muddy sediment into the waters of the lake which built up a large, smooth alluvial fan, now mostly covered with fields. Also, water from the lake infiltrates under the dunes and evaporates on the other side, producing salt flats.
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.61: Taklamakan Desert and Bosten Lake
Bosten Lake, a freshwater lake in the northeast edge of Tarim Basin, China. Blessings from the Ten Shan Mountains in the north supports the livings of 55,000 people in the village.
Kaidu River feeds muddy sediment into the waters of the lake which built up a large, smooth alluvial fan, now mostly covered with fields. Also, water from the lake infiltrates under the dunes and evaporates on the other side, producing salt flats.
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]