Wushao Mountain

Wushao Mountain
Wushao Mountain
Wushaoling
Highest point
Elevation	3562
Coordinates	37°11′00″N 102°53′02″E / 37.1833840°N 102.8838018°E
Naming
Native name	乌鞘岭 (Chinese)

Wushao Mountain, Wushao Ling Mountain or Wushaoling (simplified Chinese: 乌鞘岭; traditional Chinese: 烏鞘嶺; pinyin: Wūshāolǐng) is a landform in Gansu Province, China, with significant desert elements on its northern slope.

The mountain has been a barrier to transportation since ancient times, when the Northern Silk Road found a passage across its terrain.^[1] The western slope of Wushao Ling combined with adjoining slopes of comprises over 30 percent of the desert area of China. Given the current^{[needs update]} trend in China's land use policies, desertification of the Wushao Ling slopes and other Chinese deserts is projected to expand.^[2]

The mountain range is crossed by:

China National Highway 312, through the Wushaoling Pass (3030 m)
G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway, through a tunnel
Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway, through the Wushaoling Tunnel (21.05 km)

References[]

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[1] Silk Road, North China, C.Michael Hogan, the Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham

[2] Donald A. Wilhite, Drought Assessment, Management, and Planning: Theory and Case Studies, 1993, Springer Publishing, 316 pages ISBN 0-7923-9337-6

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