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的天空？ Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions Volume 7, Issue 1, February, 2015 Citation: Han G, Zhang GF, You L, et al., 2015. A mechanism for the origin and development of the large-scale dunefield on the right flank of the lower reach of Laoha River, Northeast China. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 7(1): 0029–0039. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1226.2015.00029. A mechanism for the origin and development of the large-scale dunefield on the right flank of the lower reach of Laoha River, Northeast China Guang Han 1*, GuiFang Zhang 2, Li You 3, Liang Zhou 1, Lin Yang 1, XueYong Zhao 4, YuLin Li 4, TongHui Zhang 4 1. Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China 2. Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China 3. Climatic Center of Inner Mongolia, Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 010041, China 4. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China *Correspondence to: Dr. Guang Han, Prof. of Hunan Normal University. No. 36, Lushan Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China. Tel: +86-731 E-mail: hanguang@ Received: August 16, 2014 Accepted: November 21, 2014 ABSTRACT By viewing satellite imagery, a striking large-scale dunefield can be clearly perceived, with a size of nearly 63 km long and 11 km wide, and trending NE–SW, on the right flank of the lower Laoha River, Northeast China. By means of remote sensing imagery analysis and field observation as well as a comparison with a small-scale dunefield on the right flank of the lower Xiangsh