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Dali Nur (Chinese 达里诺尔 or 达来诺尔) is a lake in the western part of
Hexigten Banner, with several park areas near its shores. The Dali Nur volcanic group (达里诺尔火山群) lies on the northwest shore. Volcanic features include a basalt plateau and the large "plugs" of extinct volcanos, which once formed
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Hexigten. The eight park areas are scattered throughout the area, sampling glacial, volcanic, desert, and hydrological land forms of scenic beauty and geological significance. Altogether, the park covers 1,750 km out of Hexigten Banner's total area of 20,673 km.
165:"steep peaks") in northern Hexigten Banner is a "forest" of stone columns created by frost splitting, freezing and thawing cycles, and erosion by wind. The granite columns are unusual in their strong horizontal segmentation. Five scenic areas in the granite forest are nicknamed the
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Mongolia: a case study in Hunshandak Sandland". In Schaaf, Thamas (ed.).
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are remnants of the
Quaternary, in the southeast part of Hexigten Banner. The existence of cirques and other Quaternary glacial features in Hexigten are importance evidence of the glacial history of northern China.
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Significance of Quaternary Glacial Vestiges in the Hexigten Area of the Southern Da Hinggan Mountains, Inner Mongolia".
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Heshigten Banner, 210 km northwest of the urban area of Chifeng City and 400 km north of Beijing. It lies at the convergence of several geographic regions: the
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Dali Nur lake, with craters in the volcanic area to the northwest. Hunshandak
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mountain range, with a peak at 2029 m. Above 1500–1700 m there are "island-like' permafrost areas, remaining from the last glaciation.
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577:"Window to Past Climates: Dalai Nur Lake of Nei Mongol"
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365:(in Chinese). Global Geoparks Network. Archived from
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646:"Weltgeopark Keshiketeng in der Inneren Mongolei"
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648:(in German). China Today. 2007
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