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On the border between India and Tibet the rocks have been raised eight kilometres above sea level, creating the world' s highest mountain range, the Himalayas. |
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But to the east, the rocks have buckled into a series of steep northsouth ridges, cutting down through the heart of Yunnan, the parallel mountains of the Hengduan Shan. |
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These natural barriers serve to isolate Yunnan' s plants and animals in each adjacent valley. While the huge temperature range between the snowy peaks and the warmer slopes below provides a vast array of conditions for life to thrive. |
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Through spring, the Hengduan slopes stage one of China' s greatest natural spectacles. |
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The forests here are among the most diverse botanical areas in the world. |
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Over 18, 000 plant species grow here, of which 3, 000 are found nowhere else. |
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yìn dù yǔ xī zàng de jiāo jiè chù, jù dà de yán shí bèi tuī jǐ zhì hǎi píng miàn yǐ shàng 8000 mǐ chù zhī gāo, zào jiù le shì jiè zuì gāo dà hóng wěi de shān mài xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān. duì dōng bù lái shuō, yán shí bèi zhòu zhě jìn le nán běi zǒu xiàng de mián yán dǒu qiào de shān jǐ, tóng shí yě qiè jìn le yún nán de xīn zàng dì dài, xíng chéng le píng xíng de héng duàn shān mài. zhèi xiē tiān rán píng zhàng shǒu hù zhe gé jué zài yún nán, gè zì pí lín de hé gǔ zhōng de dòng zhí wù. xuě fēng yǔ xié pō jiān de jù dà de wēn chà, suǒ chuàng zào de zú gòu de yōu hòu tiáo jiàn, shǐ de zhè ér shēng mìng zhāng xiǎn wú xiàn shēng jī. chūn de suì yuè, héng duàn shān mài de xié pō shàng shàng yǎn le zhōng guó zuì wéi zhuàng jué de zì rán jǐng zhì. cǐ chù de sēn lín yōng yǒu shì jiè shang zuì duō yàng huà de zhí bèi jí wù zhǒng. zhè lǐ shēng zhǎng zhe chāo guò 18000 zhòng zhí wù, qí zhōng yuē 3000 zhòng zhí wù shì zhè ér tè yǒu de. |