2008-12-16

One glacier - Chinese tourism scenic spots

One glacier is the source of the Urumqi River, located 125 kilometers southwest of the urban area of Nagel days in the mountains, elevation 3860? 476 meters, about 2.2 kilometers, with an average 500 meters wide, covering an area of 1.8 square kilometers, around the distribution of more than 150 large and small Mixed modern glaciers. As the modern glacier cluster , The landscape of glaciers and the sediment is very typical, ancient glacier remains intact, and so I have the ice "glacier living fossil" of the reputation of our country ice observation and study of modern and ancient glaciers remains the best place.

Ride along National Highway 216 southbound, I can reach the proximal glacier, where there is light Crystal and the silver ice waterfall in the tongue, researchers Zaocheng the 80-meter-long large ice cave, such as the fairy tale Snow White in the Hall of silver. Marmota around the cliff that there are areas, but also lucky to see snow lotus. Round-trip en route for viewing the Tianshan vertical landscape with unique scenery.

  From Gap to the south line Heyuan reached Urumqi River District, where more than 120 kilometers from the city center, an elevation of 3740-4480 meters, the snow line average height of 4055 meters, 1-5, here are five modern glacier, the largest is the Nagel-day peak of the northern slope of a Glacier, the world's cities from the most recent glacier. 19 9, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou Institute of frozen glacier in the Tianshan Mountains Glacier established a research station, which is China's only state in the international exchange and opening up the high mountain glaciers Research Station.

  One 2.4 km long glacier, with an average width of 500 meters, covering an area of 1.85 square kilometers, the largest thickness of 140 meters, Velocity are about 5 meters at the bottom of the height of 3740 meters above sea level. Internal crystal blue glaciers, ice vertical and horizontal fracture; of the pyramid-like peak angle, serrated knife ridge, arc-shaped terminal moraine of the glacier and the glacier river Xuanteng unique charm, it is shocking. One glacier in the following more than 3500 meters above sea level, we can see into The valley, rock, rock basins, and the cirque like sheep in sheep's back, and so Bing Shi dorsal stone landscape, at an altitude of 2800 meters above the valley to preserve the period of ice deposits.

One away from the glacier near the city, public transport, and preserved remains of ancient glaciers clear, "glacier living fossil" reputation China's observation, research and the best place to watch the glacier. Fortunate enough to stay glacier, surrounded by a white winter landscape of the world, covering the strange and wonderful ice-cold silence, you will realize that an extraordinary level of the refined, as if they are soluble in Bingqingyujie.

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