badain jaran desert
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Na perspectiva actual, é fácil imaginar a dificuldade em entender como uma paisagem deserta, árida, sem chuva, e dominada por mega dunas de areia, esteja salpicada de lagos que se mantêm durante séculos de modo inverosímil. Alguém decidiu baptizar tal deserto, como Badain Jaran, qualquer coisa como o deserto dos “lagos misteriosos”.
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O deserto de Badain Jaran situa-se a norte da China, na Região Autónoma da Mongólia Interior. O deserto detém uma característica única: é o lugar que tem algumas das dunas fixas mais altas do mundo, e entre elas, lagos relativamente grandes. Para além disso, as dunas mantêm-se húmidas no seu interior, o que explica a resistência à erosão do vento.
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As chuvas chegam apenas os 40 mm anuais, pelo que é impossível que sirvam para sustentar o nível da água nos lagos. O mistério resolveu-se há alguns anos: os lagos emergem das fontes de água subterrânea que fluem das montanhas a centenas de quilómetros de distância: os montes Qilian, a uns 350 quilómetros de distância. É algo parecido com um gigantesco rio subterrâneo que não tem outra opção senão atravessar o deserto.
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O resultado é um deserto magnífico salpicado de lagos
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Enquanto alguns lagos são de formacão recente, outros antigos possuem uma salinidade elevada. A paisagem é imponente se considerarmos que algumas das dunas que rodeiam os lagos, podemchegar aos 500 metros de altura.
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