(Gengchen July 20), August 19, 2000, China's largest, the highest elevation of the "Three Rivers Nature Reserve was established.


Three Rivers Nature Reserve was established on August 19, 2000.
the Qinghai Sanjiangyuan region located in the western part of the country, the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the southern part of Qinghai Province, Yangtze River, (l $ j��.c��) the source of the Yellow River and Lancang River catchment area. Location for latitude 31 �� 39 '36 �� 12' N, 89 �� 45 'to 102 �� 23', the administrative regions involved in the 16 counties of the south four Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, Golog, Hainan, yellow and Golmud City Tanggula Township, with a total area of ​​302 500 K?, Qinghai Province, the total area accounts for about 43%. Is the world's highest, largest, most abundant wetland type region, known as the "River", "Asia's water tower". the
headwaters of the Yangtze is the most significant areas of biodiversity characteristics of the high altitude areas in the world, known as the alpine bio natural germplasm bank. Three Rivers region has a unique and typical alpine ecosystems, as a typical representative of the Central Asian plateau alpine environment and the world alpine steppe. Nine coniferous forest, broadleaf forest, marsh and aquatic vegetation, cushion vegetation and sparse vegetation vegetation types, divided into 14 formations Gang, 50 formations. Countries in the region two protected plant oil wheat hanging spruce, safflower Meconopsis, Cordyceps species included in the Convention on International Trade in Appendix II of 31 kinds of orchids; Qinghai province-level key protection 34 kinds of plants. Wildlife There are 85 kinds of mammals, 237 kinds of birds (including subspecies, 263), 48 kinds of amphibians and reptiles. 69 national key protected animals species, of which focus on the protection of national level there are 16 kinds of Tibetan antelope, wild yak, snow leopard, blue sheep, Tibetan gazelle and other 35 kinds of the two countries focus on the protection of animals. In addition, (L $ dj��.c��m) the protection of animals at the provincial level polecat, sand fox, Bar-headed Goose, Ruddy Shelduck 32. (History www.TodayOnHistory.com)
recent decades, due to natural and man-made disasters, and many natural and man-made factors, the ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been a marked deterioration in the increasingly serious situation. With the global climate warming, glaciers, snow-capped mountains shrinking year by year, numerous rivers, lakes and wetlands shrink, dry; desertification and soil erosion in the area continues to expand; desertification and grassland degradation problems have become increasingly prominent; threatened biological species total more than 20% of the class, the parts of the human has been difficult to survive, are forced to move away from home.