Zhōngguó de dìyī kē yuánzǐdàn shì zài Luóbù Pō bàozhà de.
China's first atomic bomb was set off at Lop Nur.
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history
The ruins of the Silk Road kingdom of 楼兰 lie near its old north-western shore. The lake shrank as its rivers were drawn off for irrigation and was dry by the 1970s. In 1980 the scientist 彭加木 disappeared there during a survey and was never found.
usage
罗布 renders the old name Lop, and 泊 'lake' translates the Mongolian nur.
