Gansu Attractions
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Gansu province lies in the northwest of China, between 93°28' and 108°44'E and 32°36' and 42°48'N.
The height of the province above sea-level varies between 1000m and 3000m (3300ft and 9900ft), the highest peak being 5808m/19,060ft and the lowest point 600m/1970ft. Plateaus predominate in the north and east, with steppes covering almost 30 per cent of the land in the south and west. The eastern part of Gansu is a loess (fine, windblown soil) region through which flows the Huanghe river.
To the northwest, between the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Gobi Desert, the province is in the form of a long ''corridor'', with oases fed by water from the Qilianshan Mountains marking the course of the Silk Road.
The height of the province above sea-level varies between 1000m and 3000m (3300ft and 9900ft), the highest peak being 5808m/19,060ft and the lowest point 600m/1970ft. Plateaus predominate in the north and east, with steppes covering almost 30 per cent of the land in the south and west. The eastern part of Gansu is a loess (fine, windblown soil) region through which flows the Huanghe river.
To the northwest, between the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Gobi Desert, the province is in the form of a long ''corridor'', with oases fed by water from the Qilianshan Mountains marking the course of the Silk Road.
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