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Lying 180 km from Xhing and 3 200 metres above sea level, Qinghai Lake is the largest salt water lake in China ； not only that it is also the largest of a卩lakes ， both salt water and fresh ， in the whole country. In Qinghai Lake Bird Island is the most charming and attractive place. Situated on the western shore of Qinghai Lake ， the island has largely due to the receding of waters off its shores, been turned into a peninsula. Though it covers an area of slightly less than 1 000 square meters it attracts many migrating birds in spring and summer. To these hundreds of thousands of migrant birds, china travel the island has become a very important bird sanctuary. Thousands of birds of different species such as geese, gulls, sandpipers and cormorants ， nest on the island and the sound of its calls ， twitters is carried far and away. For these birds as well as bird watching enthusiasts, the island represents nothing short of a piece of heaven. Another attraction on the lake is Haixinshan where according to legend great horses were bred.