Chaka salt lake Tours – Xining, Qinghai Province, China
Chaka salt lake
茶卡盐湖
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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5 Days -Discovery Tour for Xining
This tour will bring you to research the abundant culture of Tibetan buddhism and enjoy the wonderful scenery of salty lakes on the plateau. The detailed itinerary is the following content.Day...
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