Located at the foot of Haba Snow Mountain, the White Water Terrace (called Baishuitai in Chinese) is a gorgeous natural terrace with beautiful cliff side pools. It is about 100 kilometers southeast from Shangri-La County which takes about 3 hours by vehicle.

Measuring 140 meters in length and 160 meters in width, the terrace is one of the biggest of its kind in China. It looks like a large white marble carving among the green mountains and local people call it 'a field left by fairies'. The terrace is covered by a layer of white deposits of calcium carbonate. Spring water flows down from the mountain, leaving crystallized sodium carbonate along its slopes, giving the impression of a marble sculpture.[China.org.cn]

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