Lying 180 km from Xining and (1)_____ meters above sea level, Qinghai Lake is the largest salt water lake in China. In Qinghai Lake Bird Island is the most (2) ______________ and attractive place . Situated on the (3) _______________ shore of Qinghai Lake, the island has been turned into a (4) _____________ largely due to the receding of waters off its shores . Though it covers an area of slightly less than (5)____________ square meters, it attracts many migrating (6)_____________ in spring and summer. To these hundreds of thousands of migrant birds, the island has become a very important bird (7)______________. Thousands of birds of different (8) _____________ such as geese, gulls, sandpipers and cormorants, nest on the island and the (9) _____________ of its calls, twitters are carried far and away. For these birds as well as bird watching enthusiasts, the island represents nothing short of a piece of heaven. Another (10)___________ on the lake is Haixinshan where according to legend great horses were bred.