Atlas
Tarim Basin
Shennongjia
Hengduan Mountains
Xishuangbanna
Changbai Forest Region
Ejina
Min Mountains / Qionglai Mountains
Jiuzhaigou
Southern Qinling Foothills
Junggar Wilds
Hoh Xil
Tianshan Mountains
Yangtze Estuary Wetlands
South China Mangroves
Wuyi Mountain Tea Region
Hainan Tropical Scrub
Junggar Wilds
The vast gobi desert stretching from the Junggar Basin to the Mongolian Plateau — once the ancestral homeland where Przewalski's horses galloped free.
Prefecture: Ürümqi
Province: XinjiangSparse desert shrubs dot a gravel plain beneath ochre eroded mesas and a distant barren mountain horizon.
Vista1
- Kalamaili Mountain Ungulate Reserve
Representing China's low-altitude desert steppe, Kalamaili is a haven for Asiatic wild asses, goitered gazelles and Przewalski's horses.
Natural Wonder2
- Przewalski's Horse Breeding Center
Working to save the planet's only surviving wild horse, this centre breeds Przewalski's horses, trains them for life outdoors and has returned them successfully to nature.
- Gurbantunggut Desert Haloxylon Forest
In China's second-largest desert, ancient saxaul vegetation anchors fixed and semi-fixed dunes, tenacious life that holds back drifting sand.
Qing1
- Xiyu Wenjian Lu on Junggar Pastoralism1777 CE
Compiled in the Qianlong era, the Xiyu Wenjian Lu describes Junggar pastoral groups, customs, and military-post routes.