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Lop Nur
Lop Nur
or
Lop Nor
(from a
Mongolian
name meaning "Lop Lake") is a former
salt lake in China
, now largely dried-up, located between the
Taklamakan
and
Kumtag
deserts in the southeastern portion of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
in the
People's Republic of China
. Administratively, the lake is in Lop Nur
township
(, also known as Luozhong 罗中) of
Ruoqiang County
, which in its turn is part of the
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
.
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