Desert Botanical Garden

Desert Botanical Garden

The desert botanical garden is located 11 kilometers south of Turpan City, within the jurisdiction of sand control station in qiatkale Township, covering an area of about 300 mu.

brief introduction

In recent years, 103 species of xerophytic, psammophytic, halophytic and a few hygrophytic plants have been successfully planted on the wind eroded land and desert dunes. In addition, 128 species of native tree species and wild weeds have been introduced but not planted, belonging to 27 families and 63 genera. Most of them are Leguminosae, sunflower family, spariaceae, Tamaricaceae and Salicaceae, which can be divided into oil, medicine, dye, fiber, sand fixation, charcoal, forage, weaving materials, etc. according to economic use; some plants can also be used for ornamental purposes. Such as Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, rose, Apocynum venetum, Mallow, Tamarix chinensis, Nitraria frondosa, etc. The desert botanical garden is located in the quicksand, covering an area of 40 hectares. When you first arrive here, you can see Mongolia first

The hedgerow of holly in ancient sand is followed by various rare plants, such as Tamarix, herbs, mice, melons, Calligonum, licorice, etc. The number of species in this area accounts for more than 80% of the total plant distribution in desert areas of China. As an inland arid desert area, the landscape here is amazing. In addition, there is an artificial lake in the garden. Every spring and summer, the lake is full of water and the trees are green on the bank. It seems that there is a Karez beside the garden in the south of the Yangtze River.

Ticket Price:

Desert botanical garden ticket 30 yuan

Traffic tips:

Desert botanical garden is located about 10 kilometers southeast of Turpan city. Adjacent attractions:

Astana ancient tombs Aiding Lake bozikrik thousand Buddha cave Gaochang ancient city Flame Mountain Jiaohe Ancient City Karez Grape Valley Desert Botanical Garden Sugong pagoda Sugong pagoda worship Temple

Climatic characteristics

The park is located in a 6000 hectare wind eroded quicksand area between chatekale, Aiding Lake and Yar Township in the hinterland of Turpan Basin. There are a large area of wind eroded Yadan landform, flat flowing sand and crescent dune landform, the ruins of the old city buried by quicksand and the world-famous underground water conservancy project Karez in arid areas. This is the second lowland in the world, known as "wind reservoir" and "Fire Island". The annual average number of gale days above magnitude 8 is 26.8 days. Up to 68 days, the maximum wind speed is more than 40 m / s. The annual average accumulated temperature is 13.9 degrees. The extreme maximum temperature is 47.62 degrees, the extreme minimum temperature is - 28 degrees, the summer sand surface temperature is more than 80 degrees, the annual average precipitation is 16.4 mm, the annual evaporation is 2837.8 mm; the annual average humidity is 41%; the annual sunshine hours is 3049.5 hours, the sunshine percentage is 68%; the annual total radiation is 139.5 kcal / cm2.

Address: 11km south of Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Longitude: 89.192916494579

Latitude: 42.853933366641

Tel: 0995-8678719

Ticket information: 30 yuan