| 1 | The largest natural lake in Shanxi is Xiechi Lake, a salt lake near Yuncheng in southwestern Shanxi. | |
| 2 | The Yanchiwan Natural Reserve situated in the southern of Subei County is a natural reserve for conserving wild animal, especially for alpine ungulate. | |
| 3 | Yunchen of Shanxi was a special town of salt administration that was built at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and it was also arisen with the development of salt pond. | |
| 4 | The precipitation and vegetation of salt pond district grow and present obvious positive correlation, it is a main restriction factor of growth of vegetation; | |
| 5 | How to define the age of the west Dayanchi ultrabasic rocks, East Tianshan, Xinjiang, has long been questionable because of lack of reliable isotope age data. |