Agriculture is the body of the economy in arid areas in China, and oasis is its carrier.

目前我国干旱区经济的主体是农业，而绿洲是其载体。

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The lack of overall water resources of our country leads to increasingly serious water shortage; especially in arid areas in northern China, Agriculture had to use a large number of sewage irrigating.

我国总体水资源不足，导致农业缺水日趋严重，尤其是北方干旱缺水地区，农业上不得不用大量的污水灌溉农田。

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The expansion of copper and gold mining in Chile and Peru has mainly occurred in arid areas and has led to competition for scarce water with both export agriculture and the needs of the indigenous population.

UNESCO: Urbanization, globalisation and climate change are creating new challenges to water management in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization