Alxa tourist attractions

Alxa tourist attractions

1. Tengger Desert

The fourth largest desert in China. It is located in the southwest of Alxa Left Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and on the border of central Gansu Province. The Great Wall of South Vietnam reaches Helan Mountain in the east and Yabulai Mountain in the west. The area is about 30,000 square kilometers.

The altitude is about 1,200 to 1,400 meters. Tengger means sky in Mongolian, which means the vast quicksand is like the boundless sky, hence the name. Inside the desert, sand dunes, lake basins, salt marshes, grasslands, mountains and plains are staggered. Sand dunes account for 71% of the Tengger Desert, 7% of which are fixed or semi-fixed sand dunes.

2. Swan Lake Scenic Area

Swan Lake is located on the eastern edge of the Tengger Desert, 12 kilometers southwest of Tongnur Sumu, with a length of about 1,500 meters from north to south and a width of about 1,000 meters from east to west. 500 meters, the lake area is about 3.2 square kilometers. This lake is one of the seasonal lakes that were divided due to drought in ancient times. It does not dry up because of the existence of underground pressurized water.

3. Tonghu Grassland Tourism Area

Tonghu Grassland Tourism Area is located in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Alxa Left Banner, 26 kilometers away from Zhongwei City, Ningxia. Tonghu Grassland Tourism Area brings together a variety of natural and cultural landscapes such as deserts, salt lakes, wetland grasslands, sand springs, oasis, pastoral villages, and rock paintings.

4. Swan Lake in the Tengger Desert of Alxa

Between this sky-like golden sand sea are dotted with countless quiet and quiet desert lakes, the natural original ecological environment, people The harmony and friendship with nature make the proud swans stop here to take a rest during their long journey, forming a group of big swan lakes covering more than 40 natural sand lakes. This is where the name of the Tengger Desert Swan Lake Scenic Area comes from.

5. Helan Mountain Primitive Forest

Helan Mountain has a unique ecosystem, natural scenery and cultural landscape. It is located on the southern edge of the central Mongolian Plateau, on the northwest side of the North China Loess Plateau, and adjacent to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the southwest. The northeast is the largest north-south mountain range in northwest my country, and its roots belong to the Yinshan Mountains.