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Lop Nur

[lawp -noor]
–noun
series of salt lakes and marshes in Xinjiang Uygur, NW China: nuclear test site.
Also, Lop Nor [lawp -nawr] .
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Lop Nur   (lŏp' nŏŏr')   
A marshy depression of northwest China. Once a large salt lake, the area has been used since 1964 for nuclear testing.
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Lop Nur

former saline lake in northwestern China that is now a salt-encrusted lake bed. It lies within the Tarim Basin of the eastern Takla Makan Desert, in the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, and is one of the most barren areas of China.

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