The altitude of Chaka is 3059 meters.

The Chaka Salt Lake, is located in Qinghai Province, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan state of Ulan County, Chaka Town, Salt Lake Road, No. 9, "Chaka" is the Tibetan language, meaning salt ponds, Mongolian "Dabusun Naoer", that is, the sea of green salt. Chaka Salt Lake average elevation of 3059 meters, the lake area of 154 square kilometers, the scenic area of 30 square kilometers. Here is an important site of the ancient Silk Road, is 109 State Road, 315 State Road intersection, 298 kilometers from the provincial capital of Xining in the east, 200 kilometers from Delingha in the west, known as the eastern gate of the Qaidam Basin.

The Chaka Salt Lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains, calm lake like a mirror, reflecting the beautiful mesmerizing sky view, known as "China's Sky Mirror", in the world of salt, walking lake such as walking on top of the clouds, water reflecting the sky, the sky grounded, people walk between the lake, just like a painting.

The Chaka Salt Lake features landscape

1, the mirror of the sky

The Chaka Salt Lake area of open, flat terrain, the lake is extremely strong reflective ability, as a mirror for the sky to groom and dress up for the preparation of the mirror, is known as China's "mirror in the sky! The lake is known as China's "Mirror of the Sky". The best time to photograph the "Mirror of the Sky" is before 9:00 in the morning and after 5:00 in the afternoon.

2, the mirror of the night sky

The Chaka Salt Lake is located at 36 degrees north latitude, the eastern part of Qinghai's Chai Damu Basin, the plateau is pollution-free, in the lake area can clearly appreciate the Milky Way's vastness and majesty, the shooting stars of the dazzling weird, and the reflection of the lake makes the starry night sky and the lake surface blends into a single color, appearing as if the starry sky spilled over the lake's surface of the scene, so the night of the Chaka Salt Lake is known as China's "mirror of the night sky".

3, the snowy mountains reflect the lake

The Chaka Salt Lake is sandwiched between the Qilian Mountain tributary Wanyan Tongbu Mountain and the Kunlun Mountain tributary Wang Ga Xiushan, the two mountains are snowy all the year round, and the snowy mountains are reflected in the surface of the lake, forming the "lake and the sky, the salt lake and the snowy peaks with the same glory," the magnificent Tibetan Plateau, a unique natural scenery.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Chaka Salt Lake