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Jiuzhaigou
Valley lies on the transitional marginal belt of the northeast
angle of the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau to Sichuan Basin. Its geological
structure with bio-karst calcsinter sedimentations as the main
has constructed the tranquil lakes , the swift waterfalls, the
vasmisty forests and the far-stretching undulating snow mountain
ridges in Jiuzhaigou Valley. Its landform belong to the type
of high-mountain and deep-valley, its topographic feature being
high in the south |
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multi-configurations such as lofty mountains, deep-balleys, waterfalls,
streams and inter-mountain plants. The elevation of the mountains
in this scenic area is 3500-4500m above sea-level with the highest
Garna Peak being 4764m above sea-level and the lowest point Yangdong
being 2000m above sea-level. Jiuzhaigou Valley is situated at the
transitional zone from the Qin-Ba humidity province of the northern
subtropical climate of China to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Western
Sichuan humidity province, which has plentiful plant species with
more than 2000 hectares of natural forest. Besides rich forest resources,
some rare tree and primeval plant species are also preserved in Jiuzhaigou
Valley. Here, the annual average temperature is 7.8 centigrade and
the annual average huminity is about 60%. Dozen kinds of animals and
140 kinds of birds such as giant panda, river deer, bear, silver pheasant
and red-bellied golden pheasant are living here. |
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