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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. 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. [ 1 ]
Formerly called Nanping County (南坪县; Nánpíng Xiàn), it was renamed in 1998 to reflect the fact that the Jiuzhaigou Valley is located within its administration. [4] The county seat, Nanping [ zh ] , was created in 2013 by the merger of Yongle Town ( 永乐镇 ), Yongfeng Township ( 永丰乡 ), and Anle Township ( 安乐乡 ).
Zhangzha (simplified Chinese: 漳扎镇; traditional Chinese: 漳扎鎮; pinyin: Zhāngzhā Zhèn; Tibetan: གཙང་རྩ་ཀྲེན།, Wylie: gtsang rtsa kren), formerly Jiuzhaigou (simplified Chinese: 九寨沟镇; traditional Chinese: 九寨溝鎮; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu Zhèn), [1] [2] is a township-level division under Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous ...
A waterfall at the Huanglong site. Min Mountains or Minshan (Chinese: 岷山; pinyin: Mín Shān) are a mountain range in central China.It runs in the general north-south direction through northern Sichuan (the eastern part of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture and adjacent areas of Mianyang Prefecture-level city) and southernmost borderlands of Gansu.
Nuorilang Waterfall (simplified Chinese: 诺日朗瀑布; traditional Chinese: 諾日朗瀑布; pinyin: Nuòrìlǎng pùbù), also spelled as Norilang Waterfall, [2] is a waterfall located in the middle of Jiuzhaigou, [3] Sichuan Province, [4] 2365 meters in elevation, 320 meters wide [5] and 24.5 meters high.
Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport (IATA: JZH, ICAO: ZUJZ) is an airport in Songpan County, Sichuan province, China. This airport serves two major scenic places of interest in this area, namely Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area, 53 kilometres (33 mi) away, and Jiuzhaigou, 88 km (55 mi) away. It is 3,448 metres (11,312 ft) above sea level .
The 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake occurred on 8 August 2017, in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake was registered at M s 7.0 and killed at least 25 people in the mountainous region of northern Sichuan.
Map of the Min River drainage basin. The Min River (Chinese: 岷 江; pinyin: Mínjiāng) is a 735-kilometer-long river (457 mi) in central Sichuan province, China. It is a tributary of the upper Yangtze River, which flows through Chengdu and joins at Yibin. Within China, it was traditionally taken as the main course of the upper Yangtze before ...