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Jiuzhaigou Valley is a nature reserve in the north of Sichuan, a province in south western China. It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colorful lakes, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. It belongs to the category V (Protected Landscape) in the IUCN system of protected area [...]
The Leshan Giant Buddha was built during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing [...]
Wolong National Nature Reserve is a protected area located in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, People\’s Republic of China. Established in 1963, the reserve covers an area of about 200,000 hectares. There are over 4,000 different species recorded in the reserve.[1] Wolong National Nature Reserve houses more than 150 highly endangered giant pandas.
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A mountain stream runs [...]
The Siguniang Mountain (Four Girls Mountain) lies between Xiaojin County and Wenchuan County of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It makes the highest peak of the Qionglai Mountain Range at eastern end of Hengduan Mountains. The Siguniang Mountain consists of four continuous peaks in a range of 3.5 km from north [...]
Daocheng (or rice city in Chinese) is a county subordinated to the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the southwest border of Sichuan, China. The Daocheng county lies on the southeast of Qinghai -Tibet Plateau and the east of Hengduan Mountains, the conjunction areas of Sichuan, Yuannan and Tibet.
Daocheng, located at an altitude of 3750m, is [...]
Ruoergai NNR, Gaihai Lake NNR, Shouqu PNR and intervening areas, Ruoergai Marshes
The Ruoergai Marshes transbounds the Sichuan and Gansu Provinces in the upper Yellow River on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau (3,400 to 3,900 m. altitude). They consist of approximately 1 million ha. of peat bogs, sedge marshes, lakes and wet grasslands, interspersed [...]
