Junggar Basin

Junggar basin is located in the north of Xinjiang, sandwiched between Altai Mountain and Tianshan Mountain. It is the second great basin in China with an area of about 380,000 square kilometers, equivalent to four Zhejiang provinces. In the center of the basin, there is the Gurbantunggut Desert, the second largest desert in China, covering an area of about 48,800 square kilometers.

Junggar Basin is the second great basin in China, the third largest desert in the world, and the only outflow river in China that flows to the Arctic Ocean, Irtysh River, which has a unique Gobi oilfield landscape. Crossing or traveling around the basin is not only a feat, but your vision will be impacted by the vast, desolate, colorful and diverse landscape and the ecological landscape rich in animals and plants.

Natural landscape:

In Junggar Basin, there are many oases and countless strange landscapes besides large-scale deserts, Gobi Desert and saline-alkali beaches. In recent years, the peculiar landscape around Junggar Basin has been more and more admired by photographers. Every autumn is the best photography season, and many movie friends will gather on time like migratory birds.

Depart from Urumqi, take G3 12 national highway to the west, transfer to G2 17 national highway, connect to G2 16 national highway to the east, and return to Urumqi. This is a complete ring around Junggar basin. There are many highlights that excite filmmakers along the way, such as the Populus euphratica forest on the Ur River and the "ghost town" of Ya Dan landform, the rainbow beach and golden bank of the Irtysh River, the reeds and wild birds in the Wulungu Lake, the ungulate animal reserve in the Kalamaili Mountain, the colorful city in the Gurbantonggut Desert, the Geophysical Museum in the Gobi-Qitai Silicified Wood of the East General and the Dinosaur National Geological Park, and the primitive Hu.

In Junggar Basin, Ya Dan landform is particularly prominent, with large area, wide distribution and extremely rich shapes and colors. Ya Dan landform is the general name of landform formed by wind erosion in extremely arid areas for hundreds of millions of years. Ghost towns are particularly representative. In Ghost Town, the wind-eroded mounds are scattered, with strange shapes and grotesque horror, like a huge group of ancient castles. The sandstone and mudstone of the castle appear red, grayish green, brown and yellow in the sunset, which is mysterious and changeable.