Itis also known as the Windy City of Ulho. Located in the northwest edge of the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang Province, the lower reaches of the Jiamu RiverUlho Devil City
Devil City is also known as the Windy City of Ulho. Located in the northwest edge of the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang Province, the lower reaches of the Jiamu River Wuerh mining area, southwest of Karamay City 100 kilometers. There is a unique wind-eroded landform, the shape of the strange, the local Mongols called it "Sulumulhak", the Kazakhs called "Shah Tankhirsi", meaning the ghost appears place
The ghost town with aground elevationof300-500 meters, with an average altitude of 380 meters. Ulho has a northwest-southeast trend, about 5 kilometers long, about 3 kilometers wide, and an area of about 15 square kilometers. It is composed of a series of isolated platforms with a near northwest-southeast trend. The platform, 10-50 meters high, is composed of widely emerging Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group. The main lithology is shallow water lacustrine gray-green fine sandstone, brown red mudstone and sandy mudstone. The Tugulu Group is slightly horizontal and slightly inclined to the southeast, with an inclination of about 5 degrees. It is a typical Yadan landform, which is formed under the influence of wind and flowing water.
Millions of years ago, due to the erosion of wind and rain, the ground formed different depths of gullies, high and low scattered hills, exposed stone layers were carved by the wind grotesque, colorful, after millions of years, the "hand" of nature carved out a variety of strange, lifelike forms, is a mysterious and spectacular masterpiece through the ages, people think of the imagination. On the undulating hillside, it is covered with red, blue, white, orange and other stones, like the pearl of the witch, adding the mysterious color of the wind city.
