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Hoang Lien National Park is Vietnam's mountainous Northwest and includes Fansipan, the highest mountain in Vietnam and on the Indochinese Peninsula. [4]The total area of the core national park is 29,845 hectares (115.23 sq mi), which includes a strict protected area of 11,875 ha; a "forest rehabilitation area" of 17,900 ha; and an administration services area of 70 ha. [3]
Fansipan (Vietnamese: Phan Xi Păng, listen ⓘ) is a mountain in Vietnam. Its height was 3,143 metres (10,312 ft) in 1909, and it presently stands at 3,147.3 metres (10,326 ft). [ 1 ] It is the highest mountain on the Indochinese peninsula (comprising Vietnam, Laos , and Cambodia ), hence its nickname, "the Roof of Indochina".
Above 11,000 ft (3,400 m), the highest forest zone is alpine, different from the forest not only in kind but in history and origin. Still higher, around 15,000 ft (4,600 m), cold, barren, windswept terrain and permanent snow and glaciers dominate. At around 17,500 ft (5,300 m), there is a large ice cap with several outlet glaciers.
Rank Name Height Location 1 Hkakabo Razi [1]: 5,881 m (19,295 ft) Myanmar 2 Gamlang Razi [1]: 5,870 m (19,259 ft) Myanmar 3 Dindaw Razi [1]: 5,464 m (17,927 ft) Myanmar 4
Sa Pa (listen ⓘ, also written as Sapa) is a district-level town of Lào Cai Province in the Northwest region of Vietnam.The town has an area of 685 km 2 (264 sq mi) and a population of 70,663 in 2022.
Mount Rainier and Mount Baker in Washington are the snowiest places in the United States which have weather stations, receiving 645 inches (1,640 cm) annually on average. By comparison, the populated place with the highest snowfall in the world is believed to be Sukayu Onsen in the Siberian-facing Japanese Alps. Sukayu Onsen receives 694.5 ...
Pictures from Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and more show snow blanketing normally coastal areas; see the pictures here. Texas. A snowman in Zilker Park Tuesday January 21, 2025.
Xuexiang National Forest Park (Chinese: 雪乡国家森林公园), is a national forest park in Changting township, Hailin, Heilongjiang, China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Xuexiang National Forest Park occupies a large area that includes both the China Snow Town and a vast underdeveloped forest preservation area that surrounds the central touristic town.