Kuitun River Valley

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Ghost Town
¡¡ 3 kilometers southeast of Urhe county,Karamay ,there is a unique wind-eroded landform named the windy city¡¢ with an
elevation of 350m ,it covers an area of 10 square kilometers and is often called the ghost city by the local people .according
to geological surveys ,over 100 millions year ago in the cretacious period,there was a huge lake in this place .plenty of plants grew around the lake and primitive animals like the urhe stegosauria, pleisiosauria,dinosaur ,the junggar pterosauria lived in the fresh water of the lake .it was
paradise of aquatic animals .due to two violent crustal movements, the lake turned into a big desert with sandstone and argillite which was geologically called ¡°gobi tableland ¡± as thousands of millions of years passed, gullies of varied depth were formed due to wind and rain errosion. exposed formations were cut and polished in grotesque shapes .some are like bizzare animals ,baring fangs and brandishing claws; some are like ancient castles. here the landform features upright structures like pavIlions , towers ,temples and pagodas¡¢there ,a magnificent royal palace towers proudly into the skies .the
picturesque wind borne city is everchanging and invites your utmost imagination .On the undulating slope are scattered pebbles of various colors( scarlet, azure, snow white, orange)just like the pearls left by the magic princess, making the place more mystical . the windy city stands in the draught and wind blows all year round.When big winds come, yellow sand covers the sky .the wind wails like ghosts and howls like wolves ,surging and echoing ,weeping and screaming ,making your hair stand on end .the windy city is called ¡°sumuhak¡±in mongolian and ¡°sayitankersi¡±in kazak language ,both mean haunted place .that¡¯s why the wind borne city is also called the ghost city.

Black Oil Hill Park¡¡The Black Oil Hill Park lies in east suburbs of Karamay, north is near to Black oil hill's south side, area is 130 thousand square meters, began to found early in summer in 1983,only one year, it finished and opened up. The lakes are main in the park, water area is 196 thousand square meters, there are a single island and a foot-island. There is a little pavIlion in the single island, three pines fossil stands near the little pavIlion 20 million years ago, is precious, has character. the Foot Islets' shape is looks like foot, there are trees, rockery, garden, grassland and drinking room, offer to rest, appreciate the scenery. There is a zigzag bridge north the islet, there is a curve bridge communicates with bank of the lake, there is a artificial hill north bank of rainbow bridge, is over 10 meters high. There are long port which is used to rest, triangle pavIlion, fungus pavIlion, etc many architectures in the park. Set up the electronic brainpower swimming room, art room and swimming poll, national and Han restaurant.

No.1 Well:

lies in the northeast of karamay .it was
drilled in 1955 and the oil gushed from the well on
october 29th of the same year. because it was the first
well and the symbol of discovery of the karamay oil field
in china , we named it ¡°the no.1 well ¡±of karamay , and
a monument was set up here in oct ,1982. today the well
is still producing oil.