“…It is a privileged place to observe the relationship between mountain, peneplain and basin playas which are directly connected to the genesis of the Ejina landscapes Zhu et al, , 2015. The Ejina geomorphological complexity is firstly determined by lithology and tectonics factors, which are obvious morphotectodynamic processes indicated by significant gradients between mountain peaks (Mazong Mountains) and basin floors (Juyan Lake) in the Ejina (Zhu et al, 2015). Besides tectodynamics, satellite imagery and field observations also show that the most widely spread landscapes in the arid regions of China are desert plains and aerodynamic landforms (Hoevermann 1985;Yang 2001;Yang et al 2004Yang et al , 2011a, of which the Ejina Basin is the most representative (Zhu et al, 2015).…”