Funding for this program was provided by. Water has always been vital to civilization. Cities and towns are usually built along an abundant supply of fresh water, such as a river or a lake. But lakes and rivers cant supply all the water we need, so weve tapped into another sourcegroundwater. The practice of water dowsing finding underground water using forked sticks has been going on for centuries. Typically, the dowser grasps the fork of the stick and points the other end skyward. Then, as hes walking along and happens to pass over a supply of underground water, the end of the stick, or divining rod, supposedly twists downward, showing where to dig the well. In reality, almost anywhere you popoint the stick, youd eventually find water. Although its depth varies considerably from place to place, water is present beneath the earths surface almost everywhere, even under the driest deserts. Most people tend to take groundwater for granted, but its a tremendously valuable resource upon whi
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Xinjiang, conventional Sinkiang, in full Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, officially Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Chinese (Pinyin) Xinjiang Weiwu’er Zizhiqu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hsin-chiang Wei-wu-erh Tzu-chih-ch’ü, Uygur also spelled Uyghur or Uighur, autonomous region of China, occupying the northwestern corner of the country. It is bordered by the Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Gansu to the east, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south, Afghanistan and the disputed territory of Kashmir to the southwest, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the west, Kazakhstan to the northwest, Russia to the north, and Mongolia to the northeast. It is China’s largest political unit. Its capital
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