Key Tourist Spot of National Grade---Sand Lake

SandLake,theshinningpearlonthefortress,issituatedinPingluocounty,atthenorth42kilometerstoYinchuan,thecapitalcityofNingxiaHuiAutonomoutsRegion.Itis50kilometersawayfromtheHedongAirport.Number109statehighwayandBaotou-LanzhourailwaygoaccrosstheedgeoftheSandLake.TheSandLakeisalsoconnectedwiththeespresswayofShizuishan-Zhongwei.ThetotalareaoftheSandLakeis80.10squarekilometresofwhichthelakeis45squarekilometreswithaveragedepth2.2metres;desert13squarekilomtres;swamp12squarekilometres.ThesceneryofSandLakewhichisregaredastheshiningpearlonthefortressisacombinationofsouthernwaterlandanddesert.Forthetimebeing,theattractionoftheSandLakehasbecomehotspotbothfortourismandinvestmentinthenorthwestofChina.ThenaturalsceneryoftheSandLakeiscomposedoflake,sandhills,reedmarshes,lotus,backgroundmountainsandbirdandfishobservation. BeautifultouristspotssurroundtheSandLake.Southtoit,ther...