The Dupang Mountains () are series of mountains located between the middle western

Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the we ...

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

and the southwestern

Yongzhou Yongzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao River, Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guang ...

of Hunan Provinces, one of the Five Large Ranges in the Nanling Ranges. The Dupang Mountains generally runs southwest to northeast and stretch roughly , from

Gongcheng Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County () is a county within the prefecture-level city of Guilin, Guangxi, China. The county spans a total area of , and has a population of approximately 300,000 as of 2011. History The area was first incorporated unde ...

, Guanyang Counties of the eastern Guangxi, to

Jiangyong Jiangyong County () is a counties of China, county of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou, Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. Th ...

, Dao Counties of the Southern Hunan.

Dupangling National Nature Reserve

The Dupangling National Nature Reserve () is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

at national level in

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. It is located in the southwest of Yongzhou, along the main range of the Dupang Mountains. The protected area is bordered to the east by ''Qingtang Town'' (清塘镇) of

Dao County Dao County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northeastern border of Guangxi. The county borders to the ...

and ''Qianjiadong Township'' (千家峒乡) of

Jiangyong County Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...

, to the south by ''Yunshan Town'' (允山镇) of Jiangyong, to the west by

Guanyang County Guanyang County (; Zhuang language: ) is a county in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, bordering Hunan province to the east. It is under the administration of Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), posta ...

of Guangxi, to the north by ''Shouyan Town'' (寿雁镇) and ''Xianzijiao Town'' (仙子脚镇) of Dao County. It has an area of . The protected area mainly protects the most typical and representative

vegetation Vegetation is an assemblage of plants and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular Taxon, taxa, life forms, structure, Spatial ecology, spatial extent, or any other specific Botany, botanic ...

and forest ecosystems in the

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transitional zone, it is a forest ecosystem of protected area approved to establish in April 2004 by the

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.according to the ''Dupangling National Nature Reserve of Yongzhou, Hunan'' - ''湖南永州都庞岭国家级自然保护区''
hunan.gov.cn
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References

{{coord missing, Hunan Ranges of the Nanling Mountains Mountains of Yongzhou Geography of Guilin