Changqing National Nature Reserve () is located near Huayang Village in the
Qin Mountains
The Qinling () or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan ("Southern Mountains"), are a major east–west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The mountains mark the divide between the drainage basins of the Yangtze and Ye ...
of
Shaanxi
Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
province of
China
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.
* Location: south of
Xi'an
Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...
* Area:
* Highest point:
* Year established: 1995
Flora and fauna
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Crested ibis
The crested ibis (''Nipponia nippon''), also known as the Japanese crested ibis, or Asian crested ibis, is a species of ibis, native to eastern Asia. It is the only member of the genus ''Nipponia''. In Japan, where it has special cultural signi ...
, ''Nipponia nippon'
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Qinling panda, ''Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis'
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Snub-nosed monkey, Golden monkey, ''Rhinopithecus roxellanae'
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Takin, Golden takin, ''Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi'
* 31 species of threatened plants
Research has shown that this reserve used to be the largest panda habitat in the world.
References
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Geography of Shaanxi
Nature reserves in China
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