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The Hexi Corridor or Gansu Corridor inGansu province. It  is a narrow but long strip about 1000 km. It was once part of the Silk Road which started from Xian,and is the most important passage to Xinjiang and Central Asia. It is sandwiched in between snow-covered Quilian Mountains to the south and the Beishan mountainous area and the semi desert Alashan Plateau to the north.  The corridor runs through many fertile oasis surrounded by vast expanse of the Gobi desert..