Gaoligong Mountain

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Gaoligong Mountain is a biodiverse mountain range in western Yunnan, China, renowned for its rich endemic flora and fauna and its role as a major ecological corridor between the Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Gaoligong Mountain canonical 1
Gaoligong Mountains 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Myanmar ⓘ
administrativeRegion Baoshan City ⓘ
linked to: Baoshan

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Tengchong area ⓘ
linked to: Tengchong
biodiversityStatus global biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
biogeographicFunction contact zone of Palearctic and Oriental biotas ⓘ
refugium for Pleistocene flora and fauna ⓘ
borderRole natural barrier between China and Myanmar ⓘ
climate monsoon-influenced subtropical to temperate climate ⓘ
conservationStatus partly protected as nature reserve ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalDiversity inhabited by multiple ethnic minority groups ⓘ
ecoregionRole ecological corridor between Eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia ⓘ
ecosystemServices climate regulation ⓘ
soil conservation ⓘ
watershed protection ⓘ
faunaDiversity high vertebrate diversity ⓘ
rich amphibian fauna ⓘ
rich bird fauna ⓘ
rich insect diversity ⓘ
floraDiversity high vascular plant diversity ⓘ
habitatType alpine shrub and meadow ⓘ
evergreen broadleaf forest ⓘ
montane cloud forest ⓘ
subalpine coniferous forest ⓘ
knownFor biogeographic transition zone ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
high levels of endemism ⓘ
intact forest ecosystems ⓘ
rich endemic fauna ⓘ
rich endemic flora ⓘ
locatedIn Yunnan Province ⓘ
western Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Southwest China
mountainSystem Himalayas–Hengduan transition zone ⓘ
partOf Eastern Himalayas region ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas

Hengduan Mountains ⓘ
protectedArea Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve ⓘ
rangeOrientation north–south ⓘ
researchImportance important site for climate change impact studies ⓘ
key area for biogeography studies ⓘ
riverBetween Irrawaddy River basin to the west ⓘ
Nujiang (Salween) River to the east ⓘ
threats habitat fragmentation ⓘ
illegal wildlife harvesting ⓘ
road construction pressure ⓘ
tourismType ecotourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage property "Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan" ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nu Mountains → near → Gaoligong Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Gaoligong Mountain