Color of Mountain Tianshan (tianshannet) Updated: 2008-April-24 17:57:10
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located in Northwest China.With an area of more than 1.6 milion square kilometers.Xinjiang is the largest provincial-level administrative region in China.Xinjiang ,being far away from the seas and oceans and surrounded by high mountains,has its peculiar climatic characteristics and marvelous geographical features.That is to say,lakes lie adjacent to Gobis;ice-capped mountains stand by side with parched lands;and deserts and oases coexist.There is a large number of rare and valuable birds and animals,as well as plants and flowers living and growing in the mountains and jungles,rivers and streams,lakes and marshes,grasslands and the wastelands where few people have ever visited.There is in Xinjiang an ancient Silk Road stretching more than 5,000 kilometers with numerous historical and cultural relics imbued with Western Regional characteristics.The magnificent Tianshan Mountain span central Xinjiang where people of over 40 nationalities live a colorful life in north and south area of the Mountains.