Yunnan - A Major Tourist Destination In China

Yunnan - (Chinese: Chinese Pinyin Yunnan: Yunnan, IPA: Heard (), literally "south of cloudy), a province of China, the country's southwestern end, about 394 square kilometers (152 000 mi ²). Kunming is the capital of the province. Province's borders Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam.

Yunnan in a mountainous region located along the plains north-west and south elevations. The majority of the population lives in the Eastern Province. In the West, relative altitude river valleys may be the beginning of 3000 m are all rich in natural resources and Yunnan in China a greater variety of plants. Approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has more than 17 000. Yunnan Aluminum, lead in the Reserve, zinc and tin, the largest in China, and there are also significant reserves of copper and nickel. Yunnan 600 more lakes and rivers, of which 222 million cubic meters of annual water supply is provided. Water reserves are made up of 90 GW to 103 GW with a useful capacity.

Yunnan second century BC The Han Dynasty (206 BC -220) part. The eighth century Tibetan language Burmese state headquarters in Nanzhao was known. Nanzhao heterogeneous, but perhaps a noble language and modern Myanmar talked to Yi. In the 13th century the Mongols conquered the region, 1930 was up by local warlords control. During World War II Japanese occupation of China in the north to other parts of the Southwest, the region with China as forced migration. Yunnan accounts for about 34 percent of the total ethnic minority population. The main ethnic groups, Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Miao and Dai are.

Yunnan usually light, with pleasant climate and beautiful, the province's south side conditions, affected both the Pacific and Indian Ocean, despite the growing season, long time, there is little arable land. See Yunnan Agriculture. between 8 º C. The average July temperature range of an average 17 degrees Celsius from 21 degrees to 27 degrees C. Average annual rainfall ranges from 600 mm to 2300 mm rainfall from June to August more than half the episodes, with a moderate plateau is temperature. Canyon West valley in warm and humid, but there are peaks icy winds.

Lagos

There are several large lakes in Yunnan. Areas of the province with about 30 square kilometers has nine lakes. [4 These include]

* Kunming Dianchi Lake
* The Lake, Yuxi, China participated in the second deepest lake
* Dali around the Erhai Lake
* Maple Lake, near the border with Sichuan Ninglang
Qilu Lake *
* Yangzong Yiliang Lake, Kunming
* Yilong Lake
* Xingyun Lake

Rivers

Yunnan is the source of two rivers, Xi (Nanpan Hongshui and there are known as), YUAN River and River. Xi is an important source of Hongshui River flows. Nanpan Yunnan Province, which flows south and east of the former increasing, Guizhou Province and Guangxi Autonomous Region, are part of the border. 345 km, the river joins the Derivatives, Guiping Yu Xi River and ultimately to create.

District's six major river basins are drained by:

* Yangtze River), which here Jinshan Xiang (called the Golden Sand River, which drain the Northern Province.
* Qujing with the Pearl River near its source, collection of water from the east.
(Lancang) Mekong, the Tibet border between Laos and Burma as the South China Sea between the flows and Thailand * Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
* Red River (Yuan Honghe) Dali has its origins in the mountains of the south and Hanoi, Vietnam enters the South China Sea
(Nujiang) Salween, which Martaban Gulf and the Andaman Sea through Myanmar in the blank *
* Irrawaddy Dehong prefecture of Yunnan Dulongjiang and some smaller rivers to the west is helpful.

National Parks
See also: List of national parks in China

* Pudacuo National Park, established in 2007 in the town of Shangri-La
* Laojunshan Lijiang Prefecture pending National Park