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Chaka Salt Lake
Chaka Salt Lake is located at No.9, Salt Lake Road, Chaka Town, Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Prefecture, Qinghai Province. "Chaka" is a Tibetan language and means salt pond.
 
Chaka Salt Lake has an average elevation of 3,059 meters, with an area of 154 square kilometers and a scenic area of 30 square kilometers. It is an important stop of the ancient Silk Road, the intersection of national Highway No. 109 and No.315, is 298 kilometers away from the provincial capital Xining in the east and 200 kilometers to the west of Delingha. It is known as the east gate of Qaidam Basin.
 
Chaka Salt Lake is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, the calm lake is like a mirror, reflecting the beautiful intoxicating sky scenery, known as "the sky mirror of China", in the salt world, walking on the lake is like walking on the clouds, the water reflects the sky, the sky is grounded, people walk between the lake, like a painting.
 
Chaka Salt Lake is beautiful throughout the year, the white clouds fall in the lake in spring, you can hardly tell if the salt is white or the could is whiter; in summer, the dry lake in autumn is extremely blue clear and flat; and the desolate water in winter is more challenging.
Chaka Salt Lake is also famous for its rich green salt, becoming the first green edible salt production base in China. In recent years, it has enjoyed a high reputation in the international and domestic tourism circles and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The number of tourists has increased year by year. It has been rated as one of the "55 destinations must go " by the National Tourism Geography magazine, and has become another beautiful golden name card of Damei Qinghai.


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