| Dinghu mountain is located in the northeastern
suburbs of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. In 1956,
a nature reserve with the same name was set up with
a total area of 1,140 ha.. It is the first nature reserve
established in China. In 1979, the Dinghu Nature Reserve was integrated
into the international Man and Biosphere Reserve Metwork.
Dinghu Mountain is situated at the Tropic of Cancer along which most
of the area is deserts or dry prairies, with the sole exception of Dinghu
mountain where grows an immense virgin
forest which wins the reputation of
"Oasis along the Tropic of Cancer". There
are large varieties of vegetation here, and plants and animals resources
are rich with a total of more than 1,700 species of higher plants
growing here, and large quantities of birds, beasts, and reptiles living
here. |
