Hala Lake is a large-scale saltwater lake in the inland basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an area of 60,200 hectares and an altitude of 4,078 meters. There are dozens of large and small lakes in this wetland, all of which are small shallow lakes and swamps with large areas. Hala Lake is the second largest lake in Qinghai, also known as the Black Sea, with an area of 593 square kilometers and an altitude of 4,077 meters. This is a saltwater lake.
There are more than 400 species of higher plants and abundant animal resources in Hala Lake, including more than 500 species of invertebrates and 339 species of vertebrates, including 53 species of fish (especially large population of mandarin fish), 6 species of amphibians, 8 species of reptiles, 242 species of birds and 30 species of mammals. Among the birds, there are 7 species under national first-class protection, 35 species under national second-class protection and 50 species under provincial key protection. It is also an important breeding ground for geese, ducks, snipes and seagulls. At that time, this wetland was considered as the most complete and primitive wetland ecosystem in northern China, which was characterized by naturalness, typicality, rarity and diversity.
Hala Lake Mongolian (Haranur) means Black Lake, which is the second largest lake in Qinghai and a little-known plateau saltwater lake hidden in the hinterland of Qilian Mountain.
Hala Lake, also known as the Black Sea, is a salt lake with an area of 593 square kilometers and an altitude of 4,077 meters. Hala Lake is a large saltwater lake in the inland basin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? The whole Qilian Mountain area can not be used by human beings except that there are a few aquatic plants in the valley that can be used by nomads for a short time in summer. Hala Lake is rich in aquatic plants in the hinterland of Qilian Mountains. Hala Lake River Basin covers an area of nearly 4,800 square kilometers, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and glaciers, with an area of 89 square kilometers, a glacier reserve of about 5 billion cubic meters, an annual glacier melt water of 65 million cubic meters and an annual precipitation of more than 200 millimeters. Rivers in the basin are short, mostly seasonal rivers. There are 16 major rivers, the largest of which is the Le River in Urango, Ogutu. The main vegetation includes Achnatherum splendens, Artemisia scoparia, Stipa altaica, Agropyron cristatum, Salsola salsola, Li Haiyan sea salt claw and hibiscus.
Tuanjie Peak, which is 5826 meters above sea level on the north side of Hala Lake, is the main peak of Qilian Mountain and also the main peak of Gansu and Gansu. The highest peak at the junction of Qinghai and Qinghai Province, the locals call it killing me. Located in the southeast section of Nanshan in Shule River, it is 38 31'north latitude and 97 46' east longitude, which is the highest point of the watershed between the upper reaches of Shule River and Hala Lake River basin. The surface is widely covered with ice and snow, with a snow line as high as 4,400 meters and a large area of modern glaciers.