Video ID: UgwtFXPqKdY
YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgwtFXPqKdY
Added At: 13-06-25 21:18:07
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Sentiment: Positive
Categories: Science, Tech
Tags: desert highway, water pipes, wellhouses, sand blocking, China infrastructure
Summary
China built the longest desert highway in the world, a 565 km road in the Taklamakan Desert. To keep the sand from covering the road, workers placed 1,977 km of water pipes and built wells to care for trees planted to block the sand.
Transcript
this is one of the most amazing highways in the world it's built in the taklamakan desert also called The Sea of death in a place where even camels would give up China built a 565 km desert highway it's known as the longest desert highway in the world right now it's the longest road ever built on shifting sand to keep the sand from covering the road workers placed 1,977 km of water pipes along both sides every 5 km they built water wellous 108 in total each wellhouse has workers living there to care for the trees planted to block the sand these workers water the trees every day in the end they created a 3,516 hectare Forest to protect this important North South Road if you think this is amazing like the video and subscribe