![This photo taken on August 1, 2009, shows Mt. Riyue in Huangzhong County clad in mist. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Hu Weiwei]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090804/000d87ad3cdd0be1ddff2e.jpg "This photo taken on August 1, 2009, shows Mt. Riyue in Huangzhong County clad in mist. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Hu Weiwei]") |
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This photo taken on August 1, 2009, shows Mt. Riyue in Huangzhong County clad in mist. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Hu Weiwei]
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![Visitors take pictures by the Daotang River at the northwestern foot of Mt. Riyue on August 1, 2009. The river runs from east to west unlike most rivers in China which flow from the west where the country's terrain is higher to the east where it is lower. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Hu Weiwei]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090804/000d87ad3cdd0be1de202f.jpg "Visitors take pictures by the Daotang River at the northwestern foot of Mt. Riyue on August 1, 2009. The river runs from east to west unlike most rivers in China which flow from the west where the country's terrain is higher to the east where it is lower. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Hu Weiwei]") |
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Visitors take pictures by the Daotang River at the northwestern foot of Mt. Riyue on August 1, 2009. The river runs from east to west unlike most rivers in China which flow from the west where the country's terrain is higher to the east where it is lower. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Hu Weiwei]
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Qinghai Lake, the country's largest saline lake, is situated in northwest China's Qinghai Province. With an area of 4,300 square kilometers, Qinghai Lake is 3,200 meters above sea level. In Mongolian, the lake is called Kokonor, which means "the blue sea." The lake, known as "the most beautiful lake" in China, attracts lots of tourists from home and abroad every year.
