Keketuohai
Geopark is located in the northeast in Fuyun County of Altay Prefecture in
Xinjiang, with 33 km away from Fuyun county town. The Geopark extends from the Kaladuergen
River in the north to Kalaxianger in the south;and from the Kalagezeng in the
west to Kalazhuole and Tayite in the east. The altitude is 1,072-3,234 m, and
the area is 2,337.90 km2. The Geopark is composed of Irtysh Scenic
Area, No. 3 Ore Scenic Area, Sayihengbulake Scenic Area, Kekesuli Scenic Area
and Kalaxianger Scenic Area.
There
are rich geological relic resources in the Geopark. The granite landform at the
source of the Irtysh River is unique, and the mountains are mainly in such
forms as campanulate, quaquaversal and pyramidal,with the exposed bedrock and the
extremely high cliff. For the surface form of the mountain, the top is round
and smooth, and the side face is steep.
For
the granite pegmatite rare metal ore vein, with the No. 3 ore vein as
representative, whether the completeness of geochemical evolution of its
pegmatite, or the width and abundance of its rare metal mineralization, or the
magnificent and unique tectonic formation characteristics, etc., is rare
throughout the world; the ore vein is also the basis and realistic reflection
for the generation of Modern Mineral Crystallography and Granite Pegmatite
Metallogeny Theory. The typical graph of the ore vein has been included in the
textbook, paper and monograph of many countries.
Fuyun
earthquake fault zone is a typical earthquake fault zone with dextral
strike-slip property. On August 11, 1931, Fuyun 8 magnitude earthquake
generated an earthquake fault zone as long as 176 km. The earthquake remains has
be perfectly preserved and called as the best field museum of earthquake fault
zone relics at home and abroad.
The
beautiful and rich Keketuohai nurtures diligent, kind, brave and hospitable
Kazak nationality. Kazak
nationality has being living a
nomadic life since ancient times. They engage in raising livestock for
generations and live where there is water and grass, known as the "the Nationality
on Horseback". In Keketuohai, the distinctive cultural and sports
activities, including Horse shows, Aken playing and singing, Buzkashi (goat
grabbing) and Girls chasing, constitute the main melody of traditional culture.
So to speak, it is the miraculous and mild mountains
and rivers that help the Keketuohai Geopark to own differential freshness and
intelligence; while it is also the wildness and legend of Kazakhs' life that
leave a lot of cultural landscape for the Keketuohai Geopark. The cultural
landscape witnesses the historical and cultural changes of Keketuohai and is
the gem of China and the precious wealth of the world's people.