Scenes from Hetao Irrigation Area in Inner Mongolia
Updated: September 5, 2019 14:14Xinhua
Aerial photo taken on Sept 4 shows the Yangjiahe main canal of Hetao Irrigation Area in Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The area was included in the world irrigation engineering project heritage list on Sept 4. As one of the oldest super-large irrigation areas in China, it has been serving 10.2 million mu (680,000 hectares) of land for more than 2,200 years. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Sept 4 shows the upstream part of the general main canal of Hetao Irrigation Area in Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Sept 4 shows the main ditches of Hetao Irrigation Area in Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Sept 4 shows the Yangjiahe main canal of Hetao Irrigation Area in Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Sept 4 shows villagers living around Hetao Irrigation Area harvesting tomatoes. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Sept 4 shows villagers living around Hetao Irrigation Area selling tomatoes to a vegetable processing plant. [Photo/Xinhua]
