Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area

World Heritage

China

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Located in northern Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou covers an area of 72,000 hectares and is over 4,800 meters above sea level. It is composed of a series of diverse forest ecosystems. Jiuzhaigou is a scenic area with a series of narrow conical karst landforms and spectacular waterfalls as its most striking feature. The valley is also home to about 140 bird species and several endangered plant and animal species, including the giant panda and Sichuan takin.

Long Lake is the highest, largest and deepest lake in Jiuzhaigou

Rhinoceros Lake, one of the Nuorilang lakes, and the second largest in the valley

Five Flower Lake has a bottom that is criss-crossed by ancient fallen tree trunks

Map of Jiuzhaigou

Sleeping Dragon Lake and Sparkling Lake amidst the morning mist during autumn

Panorama of Shuzheng Village, the busiest Tibetan village in the valley

One of the famous tourist attraction at JiuZhaiGou Valley--Five Colour Pond

The Pearl Shoal Waterfall is a 310-metre-wide curtain of water

Reed Lake is a reed-covered marsh with a clear turquoise brook zigzagging through it

The Nuorilang Falls are 320 metres wide

Rhinoceros Lake

Five Colour Pond, located in Zechawa Valley—the water level being unusually low during a dry spell...

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Information extracted from Wikidata

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jiuzhaigou%20Waterfall.jpg
located in the administrative territorial entity	Jiuzhaigou County
executive body	Jiuzhaigou Valley
location of creation	九寨沟
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/03wntp
location	Jiuzhaigou County
Commons category	Jiuzhaigou Valley
inception	1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(103.9 33.2)
topic's main category	Category:Jiuzhaigou Valley
Commons gallery	九寨沟
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jiuzhaigou%20banner.jpg
area	72000
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL	http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?code=CPR+14&mode=all

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Forest%20vegetation%20in%20mixed%20mountain%20and%20highland%20system%20of%20Jiuzhaigou%20Valley%20%28UNESCO-MAB%20Biosphere%20Reserve%20with%20WDPA%20ID%20145572%29.jpg
point in time	2015-04-01T00:00:00Z
coordinates of the point of view	Point(103.884888888 33.168111111)
start time	1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Région d'intérêt panoramique et historique de la vallée de Jiuzhaigou
official name	منطقة في وادي جيوزايغو ذات أهميّة جماليّة وتاريخيّة
official name	Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
official name	Región de interés panorí¡mico e histórico del Valle de Jiuzhaigu
official name	九寨溝の渓谷の景観と歴史地域
official name	Jiuzhaigou vallei: gebied van landschappelijke en historische betekenis
official name	Пейзажная достопримечательная зона Цзючжайгоу
official name	九寨沟风景名胜区
official name	九寨沟风景名胜区
significant place	Songpan County
object has role	Eliza Fraser