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Recommendation of tourist attractions in Alxa League

Alashan League is located in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with beautiful landforms, including grasslands, deserts, woodlands and mountains. Alashan League has many scenic spots, a long history and charming natural scenery, and is a popular tourist area in Inner Mongolia. Travel to Alashan League, you can go to Tonghu Grassland and Badain Jaran Desert, with beautiful natural scenery. When traveling, you can also go to Populus euphratica forest in Alashan League. Populus euphratica forest tourist area belongs to the national 5A-level scenic spot, which has high ornamental value.

Tonghu Grassland Tonghu Grassland is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. Tonghu Lake, located in Tengger Sumu, Alashan, Zuo Qi, is a desert lake basin with unique natural landscape. It is the location of Tengger Desert Tourist Area in Inner Mongolia and Beishaozi Desert Holiday Camp. It faces Zhongwei County in Ningxia and Shapotou, a world-famous city, across the sand. From Zhongwei County or Shapotou, it is 365,438+0 kilometers north via Yingshuiqiao Town, and the black road surface leads directly to the lake. Tonghu tourist area is surrounded by sand dunes, with lush trees and fresh air. The newly-built Mongolian yurts are full of ethnic customs. On both sides of the road leading to tourist attractions are artificial sand control projects, which are magnificent; Reed flowers sway and wild birds play in the lake scenic area; In the grassland scenic area, you can ride horses, hike or ride camels to appreciate the customs of grassland people. You can also ride a camel to the north and go deep into the desert hinterland to witness the magic of shrubs and artificial oases, as well as the clear spring of Qingxi River.

Populus euphratica forest in Alashan League The Populus euphratica forest tourist area in Alashan League is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Ejina has 380,000 mu of Populus euphratica forest, which is one of the three remaining Populus euphratica forest areas in the world. The other two are Sahara Desert in North Africa and Taklimakan Desert in Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. There is a huge natural forest belt from Muren Gaole to Gashun Naoer and Su Po Naoer, which is about 200 kilometers long, with the widest point 15 km and the narrowest point 1 km. The main tree species are Populus euphratica, Tamarix chinensis and Haloxylon ammodendron. Locals call some of these places Bridge One, Bridge Two and Bridge Eight in turn. The first bridge, the second bridge and the seventh bridge are the ideal tourist areas of Populus euphratica forest, and the Badain Jaran desert is the end of the eighth bridge. Therefore, Badao Bridge (20km east of Dalaihubu Town) has actually become a tourist area of Populus euphratica and desert.

Badain Jaran Desert Badain Jaran Desert is a national AAAA tourist attraction. Badain Jaran Desert is located in the north of Alashan Right Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, west of Laishan Mountain in Ya Bu, north of Beida Mountain, east of Weak Water and south of Guaizi Lake. Covering an area of 47,000 square kilometers, it is the third largest desert in China and the fourth largest desert in the world, including more than 654.38+100,000 square kilometers in the northwest, so far there is no human footprint. The altitude is between 1200- 1700 meters, and the relative height of sand mountain can reach more than 500 meters, which is called "desert Everest". Geologically, it belongs to Alashan block with mild landform, which is mainly composed of eroded low hills and intermountain depressions. Quaternary sediments generally cover the surface, forming widely distributed Gobi and desert.

Badain Jaran Desert is located in the center of Alashan Desert, with dry climate, and mobile sand dunes account for 83% of the desert area, with low moving speed. There are many tall sand hills in the middle, generally 200 ~ 300 meters high, and the highest is 500 meters. It is mainly composed of compound sand hills, which are arranged 30 ~ 40 from north to east, which is caused by the strong influence of northwest wind. Tall sand dunes are surrounded by sand dune chains, generally 20-50 meters high. Sparse plants grow on sand dunes and hills, mainly Calligonum mongolicum, Artemisia sphaerocephala seeds and ephedra in the west; Artemisia sphaerocephala and Phyllostachys pubescens are dominant in the east, while Calligonum mongolicum and Ephedra gradually decrease.