Geography of Gansu

narrow stretch of traversable and relatively arable plain west of the Yellow River's Ordos Loop between the Mongolian and Tibetan Plateaus (western China)

Desert and steppe region in Inner Mongolia, China

mountain pass in China

mountain pass

desert in Gansu and Xinjiang, China

desert in China

desert in Central China

Liqian () was a county established during the Western Han dynasty and located in the south of modern Yongchang County, Jinchang, in Gansu province of Northwest China. The Western Han inhabitants of the county had migrated to the area from western regions. The county was renamed Liqian () during the Northern Wei dynasty and disestablished during the Sui dynasty, becoming part of Fanhe County. There is a theory that some of the modern-day residents of Zhelaizhai (now Liqian village, in Jiaojiazhuang township) are descendants of a group of Roman soldiers that were never accounted for after being