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What are the desert tourist attractions in China?

Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Ulan Bhe Desert, Kubuqi Desert, Shapotou Desert Tourism Area, Taklimakan Desert

1. Badain Jaran Desert

Located in the northern part of Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia, there are many tall sand mountains. The highest sand mountain in Peru is known as the "Desert Everest". There are also 144 desert lakes of various sizes distributed in the desert, home to various bird species. The desert oases are a wonder of Badain Jaran.

2. Tengger Desert

Located in the southwest of Alxa Zuo Banner, Inner Mongolia, it is the desert closest to Bayanhot in Zuo Banner. After arriving at Bayanhot in Zuoqi, you can enter the Tengger Desert to "surf" on the next day and experience the excitement of a jeep sprinting through the desert. If time is tight, you can go in and out on the same day, or you can camp in the desert and experience the prosperity of the desert night sky

3. Ulan Buh Desert

Located in the northeast of Alxa Left Banner, The desert area is not large. There are many quicksands in the southern part of the desert, many ridge-shaped sand dunes in the central part, and many fixed and semi-fixed sand dunes in the northern part. There is basically no tourism development, the conditions are very difficult, and there are not many herders and herdsmen in the area. It is a relatively primitive quiet land and Haloxylon ammodendron forest reserve, suitable for environmental and ecological protection education, desert ecological landform experience and scientific research, and desert exploration. However, It is not recommended for ordinary tourists to go there rashly. Desert crossing professionals or desert adventure travelers usually choose Ulan Bhe Desert as their destination.

4. Kubuqi Desert

Located in the northern part of the Ordos Plateau, it is the desert closest to Beijing. The real Kubuqi Desert core area is located in the northwest of Hangjin Banner, Ordos City, in the west of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The most representative area is between Yemingsha and Qixing Lake. The other areas are all grasslands and sand dunes, and cannot be called for the desert.

5. Shapotou Desert Tourism Area

The southern edge of the Tengger Desert, 20 kilometers west of Zhongwei County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is a national nature reserve, integrating the desert, the Yellow River , mountains, oasis, railways, highways and protective forest belts are integrated in one place, and it is famous for its achievements in desertification control. Shapotou has four major features: First, it is sand sliding. The 100-meter sand slope slopes up to 60 degrees. When you slide down the sand slope, you can experience the sound of the "sand slope ringing bells".

6. Taklimakan Desert

Located in the center of the Tarim Basin, it is the second largest desert in the world after the Sahara Desert in Africa and the largest mobile sand dune desert in the world. "Taklimakan" means "abandoned hometown" in Uyghur, also known as the "Sea of ??Death". Here, pyramid-shaped sand dunes stand 300 meters above the plain, and strong winds can lift the sand walls to three times their height.