Tourist Area of the Sources of Three Rivers
三江源头
This area mainly refers to the South Qinghai Plateau. It includes Guoluo Prefecture, Yushu Prefecture, south part of Huangnan and Hainan Prefecture, and Tanggula Mountain County in Golmud. The area is more than half of the whole province with the elevation above 4 200 meters. There are East Kunlun Mountains, and its branch ranges Buerhanbuda, Kekexili, Bayankela, Anyemaqen and Tanggula Mountain with the elevation almost above 6 000 meters. There are wide grasslands between mountains. It has long been known as “the sources of rivers” because of the great density of the network of waterways. Lakes spread all over the area. There are few people in most of the area. Even there are no people in some area. So the natural features of primitiveness and purely are retained. It is the paradise of plateau wild animals. There are many valuable and rare wild animals and valuable ingredients of traditional Chinese medicines. Tibetans are the major residents in the area with the population more than 70 percent of total in the area. Living in the area for thousands years, Tibetans become strong, bold and unconstrained and frank, who create splendid Tibetan culture, and make great contribution to the Chinese nation even to the whole humanity.
这个地区主要是指青海南部高原。它包括果洛县,玉树县,黄南州南部,海南县,在格尔木的唐古拉乡。该地区是超过一半的海拔在4 200米以上。东昆仑山脉,其分支范围布尔汗布达,可可西里,巴颜喀拉山,阿尼玛卿山海拔近几乎都在6 000米以上。
山之间有广阔的草原。它一直被称为“河流的来源",是因为有大量的河网，湖泊遍布，大多数没有几个人，甚至很多区域没有人。所以原始的纯粹的自然特性被保留下来。它是高原野生动物的天堂，有许多有价值的和珍稀野生动物及有价值成分的中药。藏族是该地区的主要居民，占人口总数70%以上。西藏人在该地区生活了数千年,变得强壮,豪放和直率,创造灿烂的西藏文化,给中国甚至全人类做出了很大的贡献。
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