"Valley of Nine Fortified Villages (Jiuzhaigou)" in Simplified Chinese (top), Traditional Chinese (middle), and Tibetan (bottom) characters
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
九寨沟
Traditional Chinese
九寨溝
Literal meaning
"Valley of Nine Fortified Villages"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Jiǔzhàigōu
Wade–Giles
Chiu3-chai4-kou1
IPA
[tɕjòʊ.ʈʂâɪ.kóʊ]ⓘ
Tibetan name
Tibetan
གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ།
Transcriptions
Wylie
gzi-rtsa sde-dgu
Tibetan Pinyin
Sirza Degu
Jiuzhaigou ([tɕjòʊ.ʈʂâɪ.kóʊ]ⓘ; Chinese: 九寨沟; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu) is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China.The southern end is the Minshan Garna Peak, and the northern end is the Huanglong Scenic Area. It originates from the Baishui River area, one of the headwaters of the Jialing River and a part of the Yangtze River system.[1] A long valley running north to south, Jiuzhaigou was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1992 and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997.[2] It belongs to the category V (Protected Landscape) in the IUCN system of protected area categorization.
The Jiuzhaigou valley is part of the Min Mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau and stretches over 72,000 hectares (180,000 acres). It has an altitude of over 4800 meters and is composed of a series of diverse forest ecosystems[3].It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls, colorful lakes, and snow-capped peaks. Its elevation ranges from 2,000 to 4,500 metres (6,600 to 14,800 ft).
^Huadong, Guo (2013), Huadong, Guo (ed.), "Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area", Atlas of Remote Sensing for World Heritage: China, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 272–281, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32823-7_38, ISBN 978-3-642-32823-7, retrieved 2024-03-28
^"Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^"Forest Change Over Millennia", The World Atlas of Trees and Forests, Princeton University Press, pp. 304–331, 2022-09-20, retrieved 2024-03-28
Jiuzhaigou ([tɕjòʊ.ʈʂâɪ.kóʊ] ; Chinese: 九寨沟; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu) is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern...
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