Qinghai Lake is the largest inland lake and the largest saltwater lake in China. It is vast, ethereal and magnificent, and it is a huge treasure mirror given by nature to Qinghai Plateau.
Qinghai Lake, called "West Sea" in ancient times, is also called "fresh water" or "fresh sea". Tibetan is called "wrong temperature wave", which means "blue lagoon"; Mongolian calls it "Kukunod", that is, "Blue Ocean". Because the Qinghai Lake area belonged to the pasture of the Beihe nationality earlier, it was also called "the strong sea of the Beihe River", and some people called it "Hai Xian" in the Han Dynasty. From the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was renamed as "Qinghai".
Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4,456 square kilometers and has a circumference of more than 360 kilometers, which is more than twice that of the famous Taihu Lake. The lake is long from east to west, narrow from north to south and slightly oval. At first glance, it looks like a big poplar leaf.
The average horizontal depth of Qinghai Lake is about 19 meters, the maximum water depth is 28 meters, the water storage capacity is 105 billion cubic meters, and the lake surface is 3260 meters above sea level, which is higher than the two Mount Taishan in Dongyue. Because of the high terrain here, the climate is very cool. Even in hot summer, the average daily temperature is only 15℃, making it an ideal summer resort.
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As the largest inland lake in China, Qinghai Lake is not only an important water body to maintain the ecological security in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but also a natural barrier to control the eastward expansion of desertification in the west. On 20 1 1, Qinghai Lake was listed as a national 5A-level tourist attraction in China.
Through comprehensive maintenance and upgrading of 32 tourist toilets built in the scenic area and around the lake, Qinghai Lake Scenic Area has built three ecological toilets 13 and seven "third toilets", established toilet management service standards, equipped with various consumables on a daily basis, and managed and cleaned toilets according to procedures and requirements.
According to the statistics of Qinghai Lake Scenic Area Protection and Utilization Administration, from 20 18+65438 10 to July, Qinghai Lake Scenic Area received a total of 17 12000 person-times, achieving a total tourism income of 23611.
Implement the "director system" management, improve the management and service level of toilets, and fully meet the requirements of "sufficient quantity, reasonable layout, clean and tasteless, and effective management". Shoe polisher, water heater, mobile phone charging station, magazine column and other humanized service facilities. The electronic tour guide service for toilet distribution has been increased, effectively solving the problem of "difficulty in going to the toilet" in scenic spots and along expressway.
Qinghai Lake Scenic Area purchased 15 new energy buses, environmental protection sightseeing bus, bicycle scanning code rental and sightseeing carriages. By increasing the bus departure density of Xining-Erlangjian tourist special line, the way for tourists to enter the scenic spot is effectively increased, and the traffic capacity and effective connection of the scenic spot are guaranteed.
Around ecological protection, tourism products have launched "aviation eco-tourism experience+emergency rescue project", hot air balloon, water bike and drone experience project. In addition, they plan to cultivate high-quality routes and products for self-driving, cycling and hiking, promote the integrated development of sports, culture and tourism, and convey the concept of ecological protection.
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