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Qomolangma Nature Reserve |
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Mount Qomolangma
is the highest peak in the world. With
approvals from the people's government
of the Tibet Autonomous Region on November
3, 1988 and from the State Council in
November 1993, the state-level Qomolangma
Nature Reserve was established. It covers
an area of 33,800 square kilometers,
including two towns and 16 townships
in Tingrin, Nyalam, Gyilung and Dinggye
counties. The whole reserve is divided
into three parts: the central reserve,
the buffer zone and the developing zone.
The terrain of the reserve descends
from the high north to the low south,
with a varied topography. The average
elevation is 4,200 meters. The lowest
is 1,433 meters, about 7,000 meters
lower than the highest point.
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As a
result, a unique, vertically changing
climate is formed; as a saying goes,
snow-capped peaks all year round, spring
at the foot all year round, four seasons
found in one mountain, different weather
within ten li. High mountains and deep
valleys, glaciers and snow-covered peaks
all come to display grand views. Fourteen
peaks on our planet exceed 8,000 meters
high, and this place boasts five. According
to surveys, some 2,348 advanced plants
grow here, and among them are the precious
long-leaf dragon spruce and the Tibetan
long-leaf pine, two species that are
found only in this reserve.
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Following the changing topography and
the climate, different plant pedigrees
are distributed vertically: from the
lowest point to the highest point, there
are alpine sub-tropical evergreen and
semi-evergreen broadleaf trees, alpine
warm belt evergreen coniferous trees
and hard-leaf evergreen broadleaf trees,
alpine sub-cold belt evergreen coniferous
trees and deciduous broadleaf trees
and bushes, as well as alpine cold belt
grasslands. Many precious animals live
in the reserve: 53 mammals, 206 birds,
8 amphibious animals, 6 reptiles and
5 fishes. Among them, 9 species are
under Class A state protection and 21
under Class B state protection. A large
number of tropical plant fossils and
three-nail horse herd fossils have been
discovered, which make this reserve
a great place to study the shaping of
the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and explore
the mysteries of Nature.
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