Huangguoshu Waterfall is magnificent, Tongren Fanjing Mountain is magnificent, Libo Karst is lush and beautiful

Guizhou has always said that there are eight mountains, one water and one farmland. The mountains in Guizhou are crisscross and rolling, including Dalou Mountain, Miaoling Mountain, Wumeng Mountain, Wuling Mountain, etc; There are "eight major river systems" in the territory, which are bounded by the Miaoling Mountains. To the north of the Miaoling Mountains, there are the Niulan River Hengjiang River system, the Wujiang River system, the Chishui River Qijiang River system, and the Yuanjiang River system, belonging to the Yangtze River basin; To the south of Miaoling, there are Nanpan River system, Beipan River system, Hongshui River system and Duliu River system, which belong to the Pearl River basin.

Guizhou is "the kingdom of mountains", "the world of water", "the museum of caves"... The uncanny workmanship of nature has created Guizhou's unique landform. Guizhou is a national ecological civilization pilot area with good ecology and pleasant climate. With 62% forest coverage and high content of negative oxygen ions in the air, it is a "green oxygen bar" and a summer resort.

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Dalou Mountain

Dalou Mountain, also known as Lou Mountain, is the watershed of Chishui River and Wujiang River systems, and the boundary between Guizhou Plateau and Sichuan Basin. The main body is located in the north of Guizhou Province, and the northern end extends to the southern edge of Chongqing. The mountain ranges from northeast to southwest, with a length of about 300 kilometers, an altitude of 1500-2000 meters, and a relative height of more than 500 meters. The mountain is steep in the north and gentle in the south. The highest peak, Jinfo Mountain, is 2251 meters above sea level in Chongqing.

Dalou Mountain is an arc fold belt mountain with a convex southeast direction. Generally, the anticline is wide and gentle, the syncline is narrow, and the terrain is mountains and valleys. Due to long-term denudation and multiple tectonic uplifts, in addition to the wide valley basin developed on the basis of the anticline fault structure, there is also an obvious three-level planation surface. Because of the wide distribution of carbonate rocks, the karst landform is developed, and karst caves and underground rivers are common, the landscape of karst mountains, karst hills and depressions and karst hills and valleys on the surface is the most typical.

Chishui Bamboo Sea National Forest Park. Photographed by Wang Zhongshu

Among them, Chishui Danxia is the Danxia landform area with the best combination of mountains, water and forests. It is a national geological park, national forest park, and national nature reserve. It is the world's most typical, most beautiful, diverse ecological environment, and best landscape configuration Danxia landscape representative, rare in the world.

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Miaoling

Miaoling is the watershed between the Pearl River system and the Yangtze River system. Generally, from Huishui to Leigong Mountain in the east, it is about 180 kilometers long and 50 kilometers wide, stretching from east to west intermittently; It lies in the southeast of Guizhou, so it is named because it is a concentrated area of Miao nationality.

Lei Gongshan. Photographed by Gong Xiaoyong

Leigong Mountain deep in the Miaoling Mountains is a typical tectonic erosion geomorphic landscape. The original landform of the mountain is dominated by platform shaped high and middle mountains, wavy middle mountains, ridge shaped low and middle mountains and low mountains. The mountains are magnificent, and the round ridges are continuous. There are nearly 5058 kinds of biological species. There are 53 species of animals and plants listed as national key protection, known as the "animal and plant gene pool".

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Mount Wumeng

Wumeng Mountain is named because the region where the mountain is located historically belongs to the Wumeng Ministry and Wumeng Prefecture. Starting from Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province and Bijie City, Guizhou Province in the northeast, it passes Hezhang County and Weining County, Guizhou Province in the southwest, enters Yunnan again at the junction of Ludian County, Yunnan Province and Xuanwei City, and arrives at Xuanwei City, Huize County and Qujing City. Northeast southwest trend, the mountain is tall and steep, about 250 kilometers long, and the average altitude is about 2500 meters.

There are many basins and deep valleys in the Wumeng Mountains. Karst landform is developed, and monadnock peak forest, karst depression, karst basin, trough valley, karst cave, underground river, etc. are widely distributed.

Jiucaiping Scenic Area.

There are Niulan River, Xiaojiang River, Pudu River, Nanpan River and Beipan River in Wumeng Mountain.

Jiucaiping, located in Wumeng Mountain and Guizhou Province, is 2900 meters above sea level. It is the highest mountain in Guizhou Province and an important part of Wumeng Mountain National Geopark. In particular, the Assilixi Jiucaiping Scenic Area, known as the "Provence" of the East, looks like a beautiful picture hanging on the roof of Guizhou when wild leek flowers are in full bloom.

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Wuling Mountains

Wuling Mountains, located at the junction of Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing and Guizhou, is the eastern extension of Yunwu Mountain on the Yunnan Guizhou Plateau, extending from northeast to southwest. Mount Fanjing, one of the main peaks, is located in Tongren City.

Among them, Mount Fanjing is a typical representative of mountain ecosystem, retaining important ecological processes since Holocene and Quaternary Ice Age, with obvious vertical vegetation spectrum and complete ecosystem structure and function. Its forest coverage rate is more than 95%, the content of negative oxygen ions in the air is up to 120000 to 180000 per cubic meter, and there are more than 7154 kinds of wild plants and animals, which deserves the reputation of "plant kingdom".

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Wujiang River System

The Wujiang River system is mainly located in the northeast of Yunnan Guizhou Plateau, and the downstream part is at the edge of Sichuan Basin. The main stream of Wujiang River is the largest tributary on the right bank of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, originating from Xianglu Mountain in Weining, Guizhou. There are two sources in the south and north. The Sancha River in the south is 322km long, which is the main source of Wujiang River. The Liuchong River in the north is 210km long. The two sources are called Wujiang River after they meet in Huawuji, Qianxi City. The Wujiang River basin spans 46 counties and cities in Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Hubei provinces. Wujiang River runs through the middle and northeast of Guizhou and flows into the Yangtze River at Fuling District, Chongqing. Guizhou is 889 kilometers long, with a drainage area of 66800 square kilometers, accounting for 37.9% of the total area of the province. It is the largest river in Guizhou.

Scenery of Huawu Village, Qianxi City, located in the headwater of Wujiang River. Photographed by Yang Wenbin, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

The Wujiang River system is pinnately distributed, with karst development in the basin. It is famous for its rapid flow, many beaches and narrow valleys, known as "natural danger".

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Niulanjiang Hengjiang River System

The magnificent scenery of Niulan River. Photographed by Shang Yujie, Tianyan News reporter of Guizhou Daily

The Niulanjiang Hengjiang River system mainly flows through Weining Autonomous County in Guizhou, with a drainage area of 4888 square kilometers in the province. Among them, the main stream of Niulan River originates from Yunnan Province and is 79 kilometers long in Guizhou, finally flowing into Jinsha River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

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Chishui River Qijiang River System

Chishui River Qijiang River system is mainly located in the north of Guizhou Province, with a drainage area of 13800 square kilometers, involving Qixingguan District, Dafang County, Jinsha County of Bijie City, Honghuagang District, Renhuai City, Chishui City, Xishui County and Tongzi County of Zunyi City, including Chishui River, Tongzi River and Songkan River of Qijiang Shangyuan. Chishui River is located at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. There are national Alsophila spinulosa Nature Reserve, Chishui National Key Scenic Spot and Bamboo Sea National Forest Park in the basin.

Chishui River. Picture from the website of Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism

Chishui River is famous as "Hero River" and "Wine River" because the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants crossed Chishui four times.

In May 2021, the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan will jointly legislate to protect the Chishui River, which is the first joint legislation of local river basins in China.

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Yuanjiang River System

Zhenyuan Ancient Town. He Xiaoxuan, reporter of Guizhou Daily Tianyan News

Qingshui River is the second largest river in Guizhou and one of the main sources of Yuanjiang River, an important tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Originating from the southern foot of Dongdoupeng Mountain, Changming Town, Guiding County, it is called Qingshui River after flowing into the Chong'an River at Chahekou, and Yuanjiang River after flowing into Hunan Province after flowing into Wengdong Town, Tianzhu County. The main stream has a total length of 459 kilometers and a drainage area of 17145 square kilometers, including 16 counties (cities) including Duyun, Fuquan, Majiang, Danzhai, Kaili, Huangping, Shibing, Zhenyuan, Leishan, Taijiang, Rongjiang, Jianhe, Sansui, Jinping and Tianzhu. The basin is rich in water resources and good in ecological environment, including Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Leigong Mountain National Forest Park, Huangping Yanghu Lake National Forest Park, etc.

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Nanpanjiang River System

Nanpan River. Picture provided by Xingyi Rong Media Center

The Nanpanjiang River system is the upstream of the Xijiang River, the main stream of the Pearl River. It originates from the Maxiong Mountain in Yunnan Province and flows to Suoxiang Township, Wangmo County, where it joins the Beipanjiang River and is called the Hongshui River. The main stream is 263 kilometers long in Guizhou, with a drainage area of 7651 square kilometers.

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Beipanjiang River System

Beipanjiang Grand Canyon. Map provided by Shuicheng District People's Government

Beipanjiang River system is the Pearl River basin The primary tributary on the left bank of the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, the main stream, originates from Banqiao Township, Xuanwei City, Yunnan Province, flows through Xuanwei from west to east, reaches Duge, enters Guizhou, and joins Nanpan River at Wangmo County. Guizhou has a length of 318 kilometers and a drainage area of 21000 square kilometers. There are Huangguoshu Waterfall, Dragon Palace and other natural landscapes in the basin.

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Hongshui River System

Hongshui River Scenic Spot in Hongshui River Town. Photographed by Ruan Dan, a reporter of Guizhou Daily Tianyan News

The Hongshui River system, located at the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, the main stream of the Pearl River basin, originates from Maxiong Mountain, Zhanyi District, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, and is called the Nanpan River. It flows to Kaiyuan in the south and turns east to Wangmo County, where it meets the Beipan River from the north. It flows 106 kilometers from west to east at the junction of Guizhou and Guangxi, and then enters Guangxi. Guizhou has a drainage area of 10600 square kilometers. One of the main characteristics of Hongshui River is that there are many beaches and rushing waters, with many reefs. The torrent vortex also washes out peculiar Hongshui River rocks, which are beautiful in color and different in shape.

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Duliu River System

The Duliu River system is the upper source of the Liujiang River, a tributary of the Qianjiang section of the main stream of the West River of the Pearl River system. The main stream originates from Lalin Township, Dushan County. It is 330 kilometers long in Guizhou and has a drainage area of 11600 square kilometers. The main stream flows through Sandu Autonomous County, Rongjiang County, Congjiang County and other counties, and between tributaries, Duyun City and Danzhai County, involving Qiannan and Qiandongnan Autonomous Prefecture. With warm and pleasant climate and abundant rainfall, the basin is one of the important ecological conservation and protection areas in the upper reaches of the Pearl River.

Panorama of Wanda Town in Danzhai.

In history, Duliu River was an important water transportation hub in Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong, the most important shipping channel in modern Guizhou, one of the five important rivers with unique economic and cultural values in Guizhou, an important and convenient channel for Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces to reach the sea, and a bridgehead for the development of Southwest China and Guizhou towards the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.

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