Shapotou

English Shapotou District Etymology From en cmn - 沙坡頭. Pronunciation shäʹpǔʹtōʹ en Sha po tou Proper noun en district prefecture-level city/Zhongwei ar/Ningxia c/China. en 1980 March Rick Gore Journey to China's Far West w:National Geographic Magazine https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1961/edg%20NG%201980-03%20157-3%20Mar/ 0027-9358 643483454 310 https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1961/edg%20NG%201980-03%20157-3%20Mar/page/n18/ 1 Next morning we drive to Shapotou on the edge of the Tengger Desert. Behind us churns the Yellow River, looking viscous with its load of ocher silt. en 1982 The Desert Realm https://archive.org/details/desertrealmlands00nati_0/ w:National Geographic Society 0-87044-331-3 80-7568 8281437 8343363M 223 https://archive.org/details/desertrealmlands00nati_0/page/223/ At Zhongwei we disembarked to visit a place named Shapotou, which means "at the head of a sandy slope." The name describes the location, the edge of the Tengger, a shamo where dunes creep along the foothills of the Xiangshan, an east-west mountain range. en 1995 Land Degradation and Desertification in Asia and the Pacific Region https://books.google.com/books?id=fDANAQAAMAAJ 1170636241 279 Shapotou District is located on the southeast periphery of the Tengger Desert, bordering the Yellow River, with annual precipitation averaging 180 mm. en June 22, 2018 Shapotou Curbs Desertification by Making Straw Checkerboard Sand Barriers Chen Na https://web.archive.org/web/20220721234135/https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/archive/mutimedia_news/mn2018/201806/t20180622_194419.shtml 21 July 2022 w:Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhang Zhishan, deputy chief of the Shapotou desert research and testing station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, checks the cyanobacteria breeding pool in a greenhouse in the Shapotou District of Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 30, 2018. Shapotou, whose name was derived from high sand dunes, is located on the southern edge of the Tengger Desert. For half a century, Shapotou is renowned for curbing desertification by mainly making straw checkerboard sand barriers in large scale. en Translations district Chinese: Cantonese: yue 沙坡頭 Mandarin: cmn 沙坡頭 Shāpōtóu Japanese: ja Anagrams en ahoopstu auto shop