摘要
The most restrictive factor in the way of economic prosperity in China’s northwest lies in the lack of water resources.To seek countermeasures against this ages-old scourge of the arid hinterland,the CAS Division of Earth Sciences sponsored a workshop in Beijing on tapping water resources of Chinese northwest in March 1995 and decided to organize an expedition team of CAS members to investigate the water resources there.From August 23 to September 5,1995,the team carried out an on-the-spot survey along a 3,000-kilometre-long itiner-
