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> and its capacity to support human habitation Well, that "island" created via an act of human intervention that must be utilized on a regular basis, I'm not s

• dak1 10y ago
  The land reclamation on Itu Aba was almost non-existant compared to the land reclamation China was doing. Itu Aba is the largest naturally occurring feature in the Spratly's and does have fresh ground water. You can see some of the before/after picutres of Itu Aba and some of the other features here: http://amti.csis.org/before-and-after-the-south-china-sea-transformed/ http://amti.csis.org/before-and-after-the-south-china-sea-tr...