Figure 4: Positions of lake records within the Han Dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) realm (green shading Han area) and outside.
From: The world’s earliest Aral-Sea type disaster: the decline of the Loulan Kingdom in the Tarim Basin
Lake level declines or periods of desiccation during the decline of the Loulan Kingdom were recorded at lakes indicated by red circles. The dotted line marks the realm of the preceding empire of the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE). Lake numbers refer to information source in reference list (*information for Bosten Lake also provided by ref. 30; HC – Hexi Corridor, G – Guliya ice core). Background map generated using a freely available map (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_topography_full_res.jpg) and CorelDRAW version 12 (http://www.coreldraw.com/).
