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Chaka Salt Lake (Chinese: 茶卡盐湖; pinyin: Chákǎ Yánhú; Standard Tibetan: ཚྭ་ཁ་མཚོ་) is a salt lake in Ulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The oval-shaped lake is located near the eastern end of Qaidam Basin , 298 kilometres (185 mi) to the west of the provincial capital Xining . [ 3 ]
There is also a freight-only branch to the salt works on the Chaka Salt Lake near Chaka Town, in the southeastern part of the county. References
Qinghai Lake is the largest salt water lake in China, and the second largest in the world. Other large lakes are Lake Hala in the Qilian mountains , lakes Gyaring and Ngoring in the headwater region of the Yellow River, Lake Donggi Cona , and many saline and salt lakes in the western part of the province.
Chaka Town (simplified Chinese: 茶卡镇; traditional Chinese: 茶卡鎮; pinyin: Chákǎ Zhèn) is a rural town in Ulan County, Qinghai, China. [ citation needed ] As of the 2015 census [update] it had a population of 2,100 and an area of 142.43-square-kilometre (54.99 sq mi).
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Caohai Lake; Chagan Lake (China) Chaka Salt Lake; Changfeng Park; Crescent Lake (Dunhuang) D.
Qinghai Lake is the largest lake in China.Located in an endorheic basin in Qinghai Province, to which it gave its name, Qinghai Lake is classified as an alkaline salt lake.The lake has fluctuated in size, shrinking over much of the 20th century but increasing since 2004.
Xining has a history of over 2,100 years [6] and was a chief commercial hub on the Hexi Corridor caravan route to Tibet, handling especially timber, wool and salt in ancient times. The trade along the Hexi Corridor was part of a larger trade corridor along the Northern Silk Road , whose use was intensified in the 1st century BC after efforts by ...
According to the plan, Muqan was to attack Hezhen (near present-day Chaka Salt Lake, Qinghai) from north and general Shi Ning (史寧) was to attack Shudun (near Gonghe County). Siege was a success as Tuyuhun king Murong Kualu's wife, children and treasure was captured, but he returned to his homeland after the Turks withdrew. As the army ...