Chaka salt lake Tours – Xining, Qinghai Province, China

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Chaka salt lake
茶卡盐湖

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5km south of Chaka town, Wuqia county, China, Qinghai Province, Xining
Hours : 08:00--18:00

About this place

   Chaka salt lake is a natural crystallized salt lake over 3000 years, located in chaka town, wulan county, haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. It is one of the four major salt lakes in the Qaidam basin."Chaka" is a Tibetan word meaning salt pool, which is also the salt of blue sea.

   The feature of climate  around chaka salt lake is warm , cool, arid with little rain. It belongs to the plateau continental climate ,with an annual average temperature of 4 degree and an annual average rainfall  of 210.4 mm. The salt lake looks like an oval in shape and covers an area of 105 square kilometers.It is 3,100 meters above sea level, 15.8 kilometers long and 9.2 kilometers wide.

   Chaka salt lake is as famous as Ta'er monastery and Qinghai lake. It is reputated as the mirror of sky by tourists, which is a particular site for photographing. It was rated as one of  "55 places of must going in the lifetime" by national travel geography magazine.

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