Top 6 most beautiful glaciers in China

By: China Tour Select
 
June 17, 2010 - PRLog -- China's glaciers are mainly located in the west and north, with a total area of 59,406 square kilometers and an ice reserve of 5,590 cubic kilometers. Most of them are in the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces. They lie in the Himalayan Range, Hengduan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains and Qilian Mountains. The glaciers in these mountains have become the origins of many rivers, including the Yangtze River and Yellow River as the glaciers are melting.

The following are six beautiful glaciers for visitors to see in China:

1 Rongbuk Glacier in Tibet

The Rongbuk Glacier is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East and West Rongbuk Glaciers flow into the Rongbuk Glacier. It flows north and forms the Rongbuk Valley north of Mount Everest. The famous Rongbuk Monastery is located at the northern end of the Rongbuk valley. Mount Everest is the source of the Rongbuk Glacier and East Rongbuk Glacier.

2.Tomur Glacier in Xinjiang

Tomur Glaciers is located in Wensu County, Akesu Region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous, China. Tomur Peak has a height of 7,435.29 meters above sea level, making it China's largest modern glacier. The Tomur Peak is well known for spectacular and marvelous nature landscape. It was described: the rough topography, steep ridges and peak, arduous and high glaciers and the thousand feet high precipitous crags aloft hanging over the heaven.

3.Hailuogou Glacier in Sichuan

Hailuogou Glacier lies in the southeast of Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, east slope of Mt. Gongga and is a skyscraping mountain in the east of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.With a height of 2,850 meters above sea level, it is the lowest glacier among the glaciers of the same latitude on Earth.

4.Midui Glacier in Tibet

Midui Glacier is located in Yupu Township, about 100 kilometers east of the county seat of Bome. It is the lowest altitude above sea level in the world. Its altitude is from 2,400 meters to 6,800 meters.


5.Telamukanli Glacier in Xinjiang

Below the Telamkanli Peak (7,441 meters) in the Karakorum Range, the Telamkanli Glacier extends for over 28 kilometers, covering an area of 124.53 meters kilometers.It is famous for its forests that look like pagoda-shaped ice. At the foot of the glacier, there are usually lakes.


6.Touming Mengke Glacier in Gansu

The Touming Mengke Glaciers is the largest valley glacier in the Qilian Range of northwest China. Its highest peak is 5,483 meters above sea level, the lowest is 4,260 meters. It can be found in Laohu Valley on the northern slope of Daxue Mountain in Subei County. Its main peak is 5,481 meters above sea level. In Mongolian, Touming Mengke means high and vast. Glacial landforms such as ice holes, cliffs, falls and cracks can be found in the glacier.

Peter Wang, China travel consultant from http://www.intochinatravel.com/ , a local travel agency in Beijing providing various tours in winter.
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