Photo taken in November 2004

shows swans flying at sunrise over the Dalino'er Lake in the Hexigten

World Geopark in Hexigten Banner in Chifeng City, north China's Inner

Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Hexigten World Geopark, listed in the

category by the UNESCO International Geopark Assessment Committee in

Febrary 2005, is the only one of the kind on the Inner Mongolia grassland.

It has amazing landforms, with glaciers and volcanic vestiges sticking

together, grasslands and lakes nourishing each other, and deserts and hot

springs nestling. The beautiful, mysterious Hexigten Geopark, covering an

area of 5,000 square kilometers, is a miniature of the landscape of Inner

Mongolia and a natural geological museum. The local government has been

making efforts in environmental protection to preserve the natural

landscapes of the geopark.(Photo: Xinhua)[1][2][3][4][5][6]