The Dupang Mountains () are series of mountains located between the middle western
Guilin
Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...
of
Guangxi and the southwestern
Yongzhou
Yongzhou, formerly known as Lingling, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and b ...
of
Hunan Provinces, one of the Five Large Ranges in the
Nanling Ranges. The Dupang Mountains generally runs southwest to northeast and stretch roughly , from
Gongcheng,
Guanyang Counties of the eastern Guangxi, to
Jiangyong
Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...
,
Dao Counties of the Southern Hunan.
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Dupangling National Nature Reserve
The Dupangling National Nature Reserve () is a
protected area at national level in
China. It is located in the southwest of Yongzhou, along the main range of the Dupang Mountains. The protected area is bordered to the east by ''Qingtang Town'' (清塘镇) of
Dao County
Dao County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northeastern border of Guangxi. The county borders to the ...
and ''Qianjiadong Township'' (千家峒乡) of
Jiangyong County
Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...
, to the south by ''Yunshan Town'' (允山镇) of Jiangyong, to the west by
Guanyang County
Guanyang County (; Zhuang language: ) is a county in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, bordering Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China re ...
of Guangxi, to the north by ''Shouyan Town'' (寿雁镇) and ''Xianzijiao Town'' (仙子脚镇) of Dao County. It has an area of . The protected area mainly protects the most typical and representative
vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characte ...
and
forest ecosystems in the
subtropical transitional zone, it is a forest ecosystem of protected area approved to establish in April 2004 by the
State Council State Council may refer to:
Government
* State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President
* State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative auth ...
.
[according to the ''Dupangling National Nature Reserve of Yongzhou, Hunan'' - ''湖南永州都庞岭国家级自然保护区'']
hunan.gov.cn
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References
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Ranges of the Nanling Mountains
Mountains of Yongzhou
Geography of Guilin