Breathtaking landscape of Gila Grand Canyon in Xinjiang(1/4)

Breathtaking Yardang and Danxia landscape of Gila Grand Canyon at sunset at Fuhai County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Chang Huayang)

Located in the hinterland of the Gurbantunggut desert in Junggar Basin, Gila Grand Canyon is about 120 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. After long term precipitation and water and soil erosion, the Yardang and Danxia complex is formed at the canyon.

Breathtaking Yardang and Danxia landscape of Gila Grand Canyon at sunset at Fuhai County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Chang Huayang)

Breathtaking Yardang and Danxia landscape of Gila Grand Canyon at sunset at Fuhai County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Chang Huayang)

Breathtaking Yardang and Danxia landscape of Gila Grand Canyon at sunset at Fuhai County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Chang Huayang)