Xinjiang Tianshan
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How it came to be
Xinjiang Tianshan is made up of four components on the Chinese side of the Tianshan range of Central Asia, Tomur, Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbuluke and Bogda, together covering 606,833 ha. Snow and glacier-capped peaks, forests and meadows, rivers, lakes and red bed canyons stand against the Taklimakan Desert next door. Its landforms and ecosystems have been preserved since the Pliocene.
According to IUCN's evaluation, the Xinjiang Tianshan runs 1,760 km from east to west and makes up two thirds of the whole chain. In Bayinbuluke the Youerdusi Basin lies at 2,400 to 2,600 m, and at its centre, where the Kaidu River meanders, about 1,370 km2 of wetlands and lakes give breeding habitat to swans and other birds. At the eastern end rises Bogda Peak, 5,445 m. The lake on its north side, Tianchi, was formerly called Yaochi and was renamed in 1783 by Mingliang, the Qing commander at Ürümqi.
The Tomur Peak National Nature Reserve, in the largest component, has been under conservation management since 1985. Several components, Tomur among them, are managed under IUCN Category Ia, the strictest class. Xinjiang Tianshan was inscribed in 2013.
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