Tourist Area of the Sources of Three Rivers

This area mainly refers to the South Qinghai Plateau. It includes Guoluo Prefecture, Yushu Prefecture, south part of Huangnan and Hainan Prefecture, and Tanggula Mountain County in Golmud. The area is more than half of the whole province with the elevation above 4 200 meters. There are East Kunlun Mountains, and its branch ranges Buerhanbuda, Kekexili, Bayankela , Anyemaqen and Tanggula Mountain with the elevation almostabove 6 000 meters. There are wide grasslands between mountains. It has long been known as “ the sources of rivers" because of the great density of the network of waterways. Lakes spread all over the area. china travel There are few people in most of the area. Even there are no people in some area. So the natural features of primitiveness and purely are retained. It is the paradise of plateau wild animals. There are many valuable and rare wild animals and valuable ingredients of traditional Chinese medicines. Tibetans are the major residents in the area with the population more than 70 percent of total in the area. Living in the area for thousands years, Tibetans become strong, bold and unconstrained and frank, who create splendid Tibetan culture, and make great contribution to the Chinese nation even to the whole humanity.

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