Hoh Xil was recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a new world natural heritage site in Poland on July 7, 2017. And it became the largest one in China with a vast area of 45,000 square kilometres.
Hoh Xil, which means "beautiful girl" in Mongolian, is located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau which was listed as the largest and highest plateau in the world. Hoh Xil has an average elevation of 4,600 meters above sea level. It is one of the major headwater sources of the Yangtze River. And it drainages to many isolated lakes too.
Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve is China's largest and the world's third largest area with no people to live. Because of the high altitude(海拔) and fierce weather, it is impossible for people to live there. Therefore, it is the paradise for wildlife and home to more than 230 species of wild animals including endangered(濒临灭绝的) species such as the Tibetan antelope, and it includes several migration routes of the species.
Tibetan antelope is part of the IUCN Global Species Program, and recognized as the National Class I Protected animal. In 1997, the first National Nature Reserve established to protect Tibetan antelope was created in Hoh Xil. Around 60,000 Tibetan antelope currently live freely in Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve. The project of world heritage application was started at the end of 2014 and it took two and a half years to improve Hoh Xil Nature Reserve.Hoh Xil was recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a new world natural heritage site in Poland on July 7, 2017. And it became the largest one in China with a vast area of 45,000 square kilometres.
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