Lake Wuzongbulake

Wuzongbulake is a salt lake in the dry Kümüx Basin, southwest of Turpan. Its broad depression contains separate salt flats, where evaporation concentrates rock salt and other minerals. Mountains and desert surround the basin, and water is scarce under the arid climate. The pale salt deposits stand out against the stony ground of the southeastern Tian Shan foothills.