Why was Taklimakan hit by floods?

Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China. If the Guinness Book of World Records can be held, I believe that the Taklimakan Desert has suffered an unprecedented flood, which may be the only desert that has suffered a flood in all deserts.

This desert is also called the sea of death. Even with excellent professional team and quality, it is impossible to step into this magical land easily. Since ancient times, countless explorers have not come out. It is formed because the surrounding mountains make it difficult for water vapor to enter and live inland, resulting in lack of rain all the year round, thus forming a desert.

The annual precipitation in Taklimakan Desert is only about 100 mm, but the evaporation can be as high as several thousand mm. The strong sunlight causes the groundwater to evaporate, resulting in high ground salt. The ground temperature in Taklimakan Desert is very high, even reaching 70-80 degrees, so many inland rivers have disappeared, the most famous of which is Lop Nur.

The flooded desert area of an oil field in luntai county, Xinjiang has been seriously damaged by floods. Tens of thousands of sets of equipment were soaked in water, the exploration vehicle could not work and the road surface was washed away. What is even more frightening is that many dams have also been washed away, and the flooded area has reached more than 300 square kilometers. From the data, you may not be able to imagine its scale. More than 300 kilometers is about the size of more than 400 Forbidden City.

The northern part of Taklimakan was also hit by floods. Although the center of the desert was not hit by heavy rain, Taklimakan was indeed hit by floods.

Why was Taklimakan hit by floods? According to experts, there are two main reasons. First, the mountainous sections of luntai county have been hit by heavy rain. Second, the warming weather leads to the melting of snow and water, causing floods.

The rainstorm lasted for a long time. From May to June, red warnings were issued in many areas. In some places, the precipitation in one day can be comparable to that in previous years, and the low terrain of oil fields can also lead to water accumulation.

With global warming, ice and snow melt faster, exceeding the capacity of rivers in the past, and flood disasters are unexpected and reasonable. Many people are also wondering whether the desert will become an oasis from now on. In fact, this possibility is relatively small, because the water storage capacity of the desert is very low, and it is impossible for one or two floods to bring about fundamental changes.