Stretching over 72,000 ha in the northern part of Sichuan Province, the jagged Jiuzhaigou valley reaches a height of more than 4,800 m, thus comprising a series of diverse forest ecosystems. Its ...

Stretching over 72,000 ha in the northern part of Sichuan Province, the jagged Jiuzhaigou valley reaches a height of more than 4,800 m, thus comprising a series of diverse forest ecosystems. Its ...

Jiuzhaigou is a narrow strip of lowland ... It got its name because there are nine Tibetan villages in the valley. As it is a remote place with unusually charming scenery and few inhabitants ...

This story appears in the March 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. Jiuzhaigou means "valley of nine villages," because it once harbored nine, but other numbers are more significant now.

Located between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake—perched at a dizzying 3,812 meters ...

Jiuzhaigou, which translates to “Nine Settlement Valley”, refers to the nine Tibetan settlements along its length. Amidst approximately 280 square miles (725 sq km) of forest, it hosts many ...

The Bureau was informed of the findings of a Centre/IUCN mission to this site undertaken in September 1998. The mission found that the management authorities of this site has been effective in ...

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