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Wildlife Area Attractions In Hunan

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Hunan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed in South Central China; it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou to the west, and Chongqing to the northwest. With a population of just over 67 million as of 2014 residing in an area of approximately 210,000 km2 , it is China's 7th most populous and the 10th most extensive province-level by area. The name Hunan means south of Lake Dongting, a lake in the northeast of the province; Hu means lake while nan means south. Vehicle license plates from Hunan are mark...
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  • 2. Salamander Reserve Zhangjiajie
    The Chinese giant salamander is the largest salamander and largest amphibian in the world, reaching a length of 1.8 m , although it rarely reaches that size today. It is fully aquatic and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in China. It has been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan and Taiwan. It is considered critically endangered in the wild due to habitat loss, pollution, and overcollection, as it is considered a delicacy and used in traditional Chinese medicine. On farms in central China is extensively farmed and on some farms bred, although many of the salamanders on the farms are wild caught. It has been listed as one of the top 10 focal species in 2008 by the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered project. The Chinese giant salamander is considered to be a liv...
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  • 4. Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area of Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie
    Wulingyuan is a scenic and historical site in the Wulingyuan District of south-central China's Hunan Province. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. It is noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres in height, along with many ravines and gorges with attractive streams, pools, lakes, rivers and waterfalls. It features 40 caves, many with large calcite deposits, and two natural bridges, Xianrenqiao and Tianqiashengkong .The site is situated between 29°16′0″N 110°22′0″E and 29°24′0″N 110°41′0″E in Zhangjiajie City and lies about 270 kilometres to the northwest of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. The park covers an area of 690 square kilometers . Wulingyuan forms part of the Wuling...
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  • 7. Mount Fanjing Tongren
    The Fanjingshan or Mount Fanjing, located in Tongren, Guizhou province, is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains in southwestern China, at an elevation of 2,570 m . The Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve was established in 1978 and designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1986. Fanjingshan is a sacred mountain in Chinese Buddhism, considered to be the bodhimaṇḍa of the Maitreya Buddha. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
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