In pics: afforestation greens Yamalik mountains in China's Xinjiang

Source: Xinhua| 2018-06-11 18:48:06|Editor: Xiang Bo
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The Yamalik mountains are greened in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 7, 2018. Decades of afforestation efforts by the government has turned the barren hill Yamalik mountains into a green paradise to curb sandstorms by planting trees. Once the biggest barren hill in Urumqi and a source of sandstorm that menace the city, Yamalik mountains have been planted with more than 1.18 million trees over the past 20 years, with the current forest coverage of 2,200 hectares. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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