What salt lakes are there in China?

China’s salt lakes include: Qinghai Qarhan Salt Lake, Yuncheng Salt Lake, Barkol Lake, Chaka Salt Lake, etc.

1. Qinghai Chaerhan Salt Lake

Chaerhan Salt Lake Chaerhan Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in China and one of the most famous inland salt lakes in the world. This salt lake is mainly for production, but it can be visited. It has a large area, a wide view, the salt flowers are spectacular, and the color changes of the salt lake are very layered.

2. Yuncheng Salt Lake

Yuncheng Salt Lake is not only an ancient and typical inland saltwater lake, but also one of the three largest sodium sulfate-type inland salt lakes in the world. Because its salt content is similar to the "Dead Sea" in the Middle East, people can float in the water without sinking, so people also call it "China's Dead Sea".

3. Barkol Lake

Barkol Salt Lake is a famous salt lake in Xinjiang, located in Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County in eastern Xinjiang. The lake is about 9 kilometers wide from east to west, 13 kilometers long from north to south, and covers an area of ??more than 110 square kilometers. Barkol Lake was called Pu Lei Sea in ancient times. The lake surface is slightly oval. There is a north-south sand embankment in the lake, which divides the lake into east and west parts. The East Lake is rippling with blue waves, while the West Lake is silvery white. There are large swamps and wetlands in the east of the lake, and there are vast pastures around the lake.

4. Chaka Salt Lake

This salt lake has now become an Internet celebrity attraction. As long as you come to Qinghai, this salt lake, known as the "Mirror of the Sky", must be a must-see when traveling. one of the destinations.

Distribution rules of salt lakes:

It can be seen from the formation conditions of salt lakes that salt lakes have obvious zonal distribution rules. China is one of the countries with the most salt lakes in the world, and almost all of its salt lakes are concentrated in vast inland areas. Starting from Jilin Province in the northeast and stretching to the west, passing through Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and ending in Tibet, there are thousands of salt lakes dotted across about 1/2 of the country's vast land.

Among them, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "Home of Salt Lakes", has hundreds of salt lakes and is known as the world of salt. In terms of geographical location, China's salt lakes are roughly located between 30 and 50 degrees north latitude. They belong to the easternmost edge of the world-famous salt lake belts in Asia, Africa and Europe, and are called the China Salt Lake Belt.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Salt Lake