Todas Nature Reserve — Wild Atlas Guide

Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve

At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets

At roughly 1,900 metres elevation on Guizhou’s high plateau, Caohai sprawls across a temperate landscape shaped by pronounced seasonal extremes.

Where subtropical monsoon forests meet the margins of the Yunnan plateau, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve sprawls across a landscape of

High-altitude ridges and steep-sided valleys define this reserve in northwestern Yunnan, where elevations surge from around 3,000 metres to peaks

Where the Yangtze River’s massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent’s

Across the wetlands of northeastern China, where the Heilongjiang climate swings between brutal winters and warm summers, lies one of

Where the East China Sea’s tidal rhythms sculpt the Jiangsu coast, Yancheng National Nature Reserve sprawls across one of Asia’s

Across the high Tibetan plateau north of Nagqu sprawls one of Earth’s most extreme alpine tundra ecosystems, where vast expanses

Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys