The Qinghai Lake is China’s largest inland lake and its largest salt-water lake. It was created, some 40 million years ago, because of the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates and the lifting of the Himalayan Sea to create the mount...

Danxia Mountain located in Renhua County, Guangdong Province, with its walls and tiers of red rocks and cliffs, like Danxia (red rays of the sun), from which its name derives, has been compared to a ruby sculpture park. It is known as ”Chi...

The Yarlung Tsangpo River is one of the most important rivers in China, with water reserves that rank second in China. It originates from the middle section of the northern slope of the Himalaya Mountain with an elevation of more than 6,000 ...

The Wind City, neighboring the Halahlat Mountain, is located in the Urho area, over 100 km northeast of Karamay City and covers an area of about 30 square kilometers. The native Mongolian people call it ”Sulumuhak”, while the local Kazak...

The tranquil Yalong Bay lies by a mountain to the north whose gentle slopes are covered with lush vegetation. Verdant and yellow leafy plants all grow humbly, keeping their heads down in submission to the frequent and ferocious visits of typ...

The Hukou (kettle’s Mouth) Waterfall on the Yellow River is located in the Shanxi-Shaanxi section of the Yellow River valley. It is one of the world’s few yellow waterfalls and has a fall of about 30 meters; at its widest it is over 1,00...

Rongpo Glacier is located in a wide, open area at the foot of Qomolangma (Mount Everest), extending between 5,300 and 6,300 meters above sea level. Consisting of two big glaciers, the Western Rongpo and Central Rongpo, it has a total length ...

Xisha Archipelago lies in the northwest part of the South China Sea. The most attractive feature of this group is that there are two arrays of islands; in the east lie the seven islands of the Xuande group , including the main island of Yong...

Rogye Marshland In the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 3,400 meters to 3,600 meters above sea level, lies what is acclaimed by international wetland protection experts to be ”the world’s largest, most primitive and best preser...

This fertile land is adorned with hundreds of silver chains and numerous pearls. The rivers and lakes originating from the Greater Xing’an Mountain that ranges across eastern Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang Province. Rivers in Hulun Buir s...