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Great
Canyon of Yarlung Zangbo Nature Reserve |
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The
action of the moisture passage of the
Yarlung Zangbo River causes the full
and complete vertical distribution of
natural zones in the great canyon district.
Sea of
clouds, green mountains and snow-covered
peaks
The Yarlung Zangbo Canyon is an ideal
miniature to study the global climate
change as well as a place where there
is the most complete vertical natural
zone distribution. According to our
statistics in many expedition, more
than 60-70% species of the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau are found to live in the great
canyon region; besides, this region
is also rich in new species, new recorded
species, special species, ancient and
remains rare species of living creatures.
It's really a land of treasure and a
reserved base for the everlasting development
of China in the 21st century and a common
treasure house of all human beings.
Green
trees and white flowers cling to each
other
It takes a man 3 days to hike from Doxong
La mountain pass to the boundary of
Medog County. During the three days
when one goes down from higher places
to lower places, the scenes ranging
from high mountain ice-snow zone to
the tropical Monsoon rainforest in low
river valleys will appear before him
one by one. He seems to have a travel
from the polar region to the equator
or from the Northeast of China to Hainan
Island at the wintertime. During this
travel, the largest gain a person can
get is to experience the most complete
vertical natural zones in different
climatic environment of different elevations.
In the high mountain and sub-high mountain
areas and in the breakstones near the
snow line, one can see hairy saussurea
involucrate flowers stand upright against
the winds; the moss and lichen on the
rocks; one can also see the bushes,
the grasses and short plants there all
creep on the ground surface; there,
the ultraviolet rays and cold winds
are strong; the grassland is colorful
and they jointly constitute a garden
with unique beauty and elegance in high
mountains; one will find that all kinds
of living creatures are growing stubbornly
under such adverse circumstances.
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