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From: Human activity accelerating the rapid desertification of the Mu Us Sandy Lands, North China

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(A) Major atmospheric circulation regimes in East Asia and (B) the geographical location of the Mu Us Sandy Lands, including the location of the JJ Profile. Dashed lines denote mean annual precipitation isohyets. ISM: Indian Summer Monsoon; EASM: East Asian Summer Monsoon; EAWM: East Asian Winter Monsoon, WJ: Westerly jetstream. Hollow red triangles show the locations of Daihai Lake3,6,9, Gonghai Lake7 and Tianchi Lake8. The map was generated by the software Adobe® FreeHand MX.

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