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Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland salt-water lake is at 3200 meters above sea level. It is situated at the east of Qinghai province, around 2.30 hours drive from Xining.

The lake occupies an area of 4456 kilometers, having a perimeter of more than 360 kilometers and it is over one time lager than the famous Tai Lake in Wuxi, China's east Jiangsu Province. The ellipse-shaped lake looks like a huge white poplar leave setting among alpine prairie. Scenery in Qinghai lake varies according to seasons. Summer and autumn, with most comfortable weather condition and most beautiful lake scenery is the best time to visit the lake.

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2011-05-23
Qinghai Lake, "a blue sea" in Mongolian and Tibetan, is the largest inland salt lake in China with an area of 4,500sq.km and an altitude of 3,195m , after which Qinghai Province was named. It is fascinating in its vast expanse of misty and wavy blue water. ...Read More
2011-05-23
Known as Water in the Heaven, Qinghai Lake is more than 100 km away from the city of Xining in Qinghai Province, is the largest inland saltwater lake in China. Its total area is 4,583 sq km. it extends limitlessly and magnificently on the plateau. Around the ...Read More
2011-05-23
Qinghai Lake, "a blue sea" in Mongolian and Tibetan, is the largest inland salt lake in China with an area of 4,500sq.km and an altitude of 3,195m , after which Qinghai Province was named. It is fascinating in its vast expanse of misty and wavy blue water. ...Read More

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by Imogen 2011-05-23
Riyue Mountain Situated 40 kilometers (25 miles) from southwest of Huangyuan County in Xining, Riyue (Sun and Moon) Mountain marks the boundary between the eastern agricultural area and the western pastoral area of Qinghai Province. From the top of the mountain there is a superb panorama of the beautiful landscape - both prairie and farmland. It is 3,520 ...
by Perouze 2011-05-23
Bird Island Birds seem to be the pet of almost all nature lovers. Maybe you have been enchanted by the sweet singing of birds in the dense forest. Or perhaps a feeling of adoration will fill your heart when you see birds flying freely in the sky? Then, what would you feel like when you sight flocks of wild birds spreading their wings over the broad lake? ...
by Solinus 2011-05-23
As the largest fresh lake in Guizhou, rectangular shaped, Caohai stands 2,200 meters high and is about 20 kilometers wide with 10 kilometers long and surrounded by green mountains. The lake got its name from the various kinds of seaweed growing here. It occupies an area of 200 sq km with vast-stretching wetland full of waterweeds and grass. Rich aquatic ...