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Autumn scenery attracts tourists in NW China's Xinjiang

一艘游船在葫蘆島景區內行駛（10月25日攝）。新疆塔里木河流域分布著上千萬畝胡楊林，金秋時節，層林盡染。葫蘆島景區地處塔里木河下游、塔克拉瑪干沙漠東緣，這里集沙漠、湖泊、胡楊于一體，美不勝收，吸引著天南海北的游客慕名而來。[新華社記者 陳朔 攝]

This photo taken on Oct. 25, 2024 shows a boat sailing in a lake at the Huludao (Gourd Island) scenic spot in Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The unique autumn scenery featuring desert, lakes and the desert poplar (populus euphratica) in the scenic spot attracts many tourists. There are tens of millions of acres of desert poplars scattering in the Tarim River Basin in Xinjiang. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)