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How to get to the best tourist route in Qilian Mountain?

On the Qilian Mountain side, one is a five-day route from Qinghai, starting from Xining, passing through Ta 'er Temple, Guide, Qinghai Lake, Chaka Salt Lake, Qilian Grassland, Menyuan Rape Flower and then returning to Xining.

Qilian Mountain, located in the northeast of Qinghai Province in China and the west of Gansu Province, is one of the main mountain ranges in China. It consists of many parallel mountains and wide valleys running northwest-southeast. It is 800 kilometers long from east to west, 200-400 kilometers wide from north to south and 4000-6000 meters above sea level. * * There are 3,306 glaciers, covering an area of about 2,062 square kilometers.

The western end is connected with Altun Mountain at Dangjin Mountain Pass. East to the Yellow River Basin, connected with Qinling Mountains and Liupanshan Mountains. It is nearly 1000 km long. It belongs to folded fault block mountain. The widest place is between Jiuquan City and Qaidam Basin, reaching 300 kilometers.

The mountains extend from northwest to southeast, including Daxue Mountain, Tolai Mountain, Tolai Mountain, Maye Mountain, Shule Mountain, Danghe Mountain, TourKenda Banshan Mountain, Qaidam Mountain and Zongwu Mountain. The peak is above 4000-5500 meters above sea level, and the highest peak, Tuanjie Peak in Shule Nanshan, is 5808 meters above sea level. The peaks above 4000 meters above sea level are covered with snow all year round, and the valleys are between 3000 and 3500 meters above sea level.

Qilian Mountain, known as "Wanbao Mountain", contains a wide variety of high-quality mineral resources, including asbestos, pyrite, chromite, copper, lead, zinc and other minerals. Asbestos in Babaoshan is a rare raw material for wet spinning in China. The cold and humid climate in Qilian Mountain is conducive to the growth of pasture. At an altitude of more than 2,800 meters, there is a large grassland, which provides a good place for the development of animal husbandry.