Yunnan Province in southwest China border. Warring States period, this is the habitat of the Yunnan tribal land. Yunnan, namely, “Colourful Clouds”, the other argument is that because in the “south of Yunlin,” the name. The total area of about 390,000 square kilometers, accounting for 4.11% area, the provincial administrative regions in the country ranked No. 8 in the area. The total population of 45.13 million (2008), accounting for 3.36% of the population, the population ranked 13th. And adjacent provinces are Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan, three neighboring countries of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. South of the Tropic of Cancer from across the province over. Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan Province which is the largest and oldest national city.
Complex terrain in Yunnan Province, in general, northwest mountains and deep valleys of the Mountains, east and south Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest peak is Deqin County Meili Snow Mountain, the highest peak 6740 meters above sea level Kawagebo peak.
Lowest point is the mouth of the Yuan River Valley counties, only 76.4 m above sea level. High throughout the northwest of Yunnan, southeast, with more than 84% of the area is mountainous, plateau, hilly and 10%, only less than 6% of Bazi, lakes, and the like. The proportion of individual cities and counties of the mountain was more than 98%. Yunnan’s topography to Yuanjiang southern mountain valleys and the Loess Yunling bounded, Yunnan Province can be divided into two major physiographic things. Eastern Yunnan, eastern Yunnan, Yunnan Plateau, said the Yunnan Plateau, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is the western part of Yunnan average altitude of 2000 meters. Yunnan, where the wavy mainly low hills and rounded hills, development with various types of karst landforms, including the famous Stone Forest in Yunnan, Qiubei Puzhehei, Luo by the river, Yiliang Jiuxiang cave, building water Yanzi Dong, Luxi Elugudong, Bailong Cave and other scenic areas. Western Yunnan mountain valley for the cross-sectional area, the mountains and the valleys and white, magnificent steep terrain in Yunnan Province, of which the most spectacular of the Three Rivers. In general, the average elevation of northwest Yunnan, 3,000 meters to 4000 meters; Yunnan average elevation of 1,500 meters southwest of ~ 2200 m; the border areas of Yunnan by the terrain gradually relaxed, with an average altitude of only 800 meters to 1000 meters, down to individual regions 500 meters below the tropical and subtropical
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