Gurbantunggut Desert locating in the center of Junggar Basin in xinjiang Province is the second large desert in China with an area of 48 thousand square kilometers.
More than 100 kinds of plants grow in the desert as well as some popular pasture and sand binding plants. The winter snow complies most of the water in desert. What’s more, there are thousands hectares of virgin forest of Suosuo a kind of trees in the desert.

Gurbantunggut Desert is wide from the east to the west, while narrow from the north to the south. Being the desirable winter pasture, Gurbantunggut Desert is very kind to human beings. And the herdsmen will not be afraid of getting lost.
In the winter, desert holds lots of snows, while after the snow thawing in the spring, the specific plants in Gurbantunggut Desert will bloom. At this time, the desert turns to be a world of flowers and looks alive decorated by such beautiful flowers.

Gurbantunggut Desert’s dunes are simple. Sand ribbon is the main kind and develops perfect. Affected by the wind, Gurbantunggut Desert stretches itself from the west to the east with the length of 10 kilometers and looks like the branches or the vessels of the desert.

source:travel and sing

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