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DET SISTA PULSSLAGET
Branta sanddyner vid nedre Tarims högra strand (1899).
dry channels were again flowing. So although I was very
peevish over the frustration of my plans, I consoled myself
with the thought that there was plenty more to see.” (Sid. 123.)
Och vidare (sid. 129):
”We were now about to reach a region where an interesting
geographical change had recently occurred. Centuries ago, at
the foot of the Kuruk Tagh, and past the town of Loulan,
a river had flowed to the Lop Nor. Later it had changed its
course, and the country near its old channel grew arid and
was abandoned. Now, once again, the empty channel was
filled; and the Tarim River, which collected the waters of
nearly every stream south of the Tien Shan, was in
consequence almost dry, thanks to the deflection of its waters
to their original course. It was a most interesting phenomenon
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