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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 ]
Jiuzhaigou County (Chinese: 九寨沟县; Tibetan: གཟི་རྩ་སྡེ་དགུ་རྫོང་།; Qiang: Rrggucua) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture . [ 3 ]
In 1992, the town of Jiuzhaigou following the merger of Longkang Township (Chinese: 龙康乡) and Tazang Township (Chinese: 塔藏乡). [2] [4] On June 19, 1998, Nanping County, which governed the town, was renamed to Jiuzhaigou County, prompting the town of Jiuzhaigou to change its name to Zhangha after the village where its government was seated.
Following is a map of the World Heritage Sites in China. Numbered sites around Beijing: 1. Great Wall; 2. Forbidden City; 3. ... The valley's name, Jiuzhaigou ...
Huanglong (simplified Chinese: 黄龙; traditional Chinese: 黃龍; pinyin: Huánglóng; lit. 'yellow dragon') is a scenic and historic interest area in the northwest part of Sichuan, China. It is located in the southern part of the Minshan mountain range, 370 kilometres (230 mi) north-northwest of the capital Chengdu. [1]
Pearl Shoal Waterfall (Chinese: 珍珠滩瀑布; pinyin: Zhēnzhū tān pùbù) is a waterfall located in Jiuzhaigou, Aba-Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northern Sichuan Province, China. Located at an altitude of 2,433 metres (7,982 ft), the top of the waterfall is 310 metres (1,020 ft) in width.
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.
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.