Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Qionglai Mountains () is a mountain range in the

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

Province of China. It runs in the general north-south direction, and is located mostly within the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the north-central part of the province.

Geography

The Qionglai Range separates the basins of two major rivers of Sichuan: the

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(to the west) and the Min River (to the east). Both rivers flow in the general southern direction, and are tributaries of the

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. The highest point of the Qionglai Mountains is Mount Siguniang ( 四姑娘山, "Four Girls' Mountain"), 6250 m in elevation; it is located in the southern part of the range. Some of the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - in particular, the Wolong Nature Reserve and the Mt. Siguniang Scenic Park () are located nearby.

Ecology

The characteristic ecosystem of the Qionglai Mountains and the Min Mountains (a smaller mountain range which is located to the northeast of the Qionglai, separated from it by the Min River valley) has been described by the

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as the Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests.

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Earth Snapshot • Qionglai Range
{{Authority control Mountain ranges of Sichuan

Geography

Ecology

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