Sanjiangyuan National Park

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Sanjiangyuan National Park is a vast high-altitude conservation area on the Tibetan Plateau that protects the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong rivers and the region’s unique alpine ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park
nature reserve
protected area
alsoKnownAs Sanjiangyuan NERFINISHED
Three-River-Source National Park NERFINISHED
associatedPeople Tibetan herders
climate cold alpine climate
conservationFocus biodiversity conservation
grassland restoration
water source protection
wetland protection
containsSpecies Pallas's cat NERFINISHED
Tibetan antelope NERFINISHED
Tibetan gazelle NERFINISHED
Tibetan wild ass (kiang)
black-necked crane
snow leopard
wild yak
country China
ecosystemType alpine ecosystem
alpine meadow
alpine wetland
high-altitude grassland
elevation high-altitude
establishedAsNationalPark 2016
governingBody National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China NERFINISHED
Qinghai provincial authorities
humanActivity traditional pastoralism
locatedIn Qinghai Province NERFINISHED
northwestern China NERFINISHED
source region of the Lancang (Mekong) River
source region of the Yangtze River
source region of the Yellow River
locatedOn Tibetan Plateau NERFINISHED
openedAsNationalPark 2021
partOf China national park system NERFINISHED
Sanjiangyuan National Park System Pilot NERFINISHED
protects headwaters of the Mekong River
headwaters of the Yangtze River
headwaters of the Yellow River
purpose maintain ecological security of downstream regions
preserve alpine biodiversity
protect river headwaters
significance important freshwater conservation area
source region of three major Asian rivers
threat climate change impacts
grassland degradation
overgrazing (historical)

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Qinghai hasProtectedArea Sanjiangyuan National Park
Bayan Har Mountains associatedWith Sanjiangyuan National Park
this entity surface form: Sanjiangyuan region
Bayan Har Mountains near Sanjiangyuan National Park
this entity surface form: Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve
Geladandong Peak region Sanjiangyuan National Park
this entity surface form: Sanjiangyuan (Three Rivers Source) area