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    The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (Chinese: 云南三江并流; pinyin: Yúnnán Sānjiāng Bìngliú) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yunnan province...
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  • Canada Three Rivers East, a suburb of Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa Three Rivers Proper, a suburb of Vereeniging, Gauteng Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan...
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    Tiger Leaping Gorge (category Jinsha River)
    of Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. It is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site. Legend says the name...
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    major rivers draining the eastern Tibetan Plateau. These rivers, the Yangtze, Mekong, and Salween, are recognized today as the Three Parallel Rivers UNESCO...
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    Fall 2004. Salween River Watch NGO Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas Three Parallel Rivers Protected Area NuJiang River Project Salween First...
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    Yangtze (redirect from Yangtze river)
    Sichuan Sanjiangyuan ("Three Rivers' Sources") National Nature Reserve in Qinghai Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan The Yangtze River has a high species richness...
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    Salween) as the Sanjiang ("Three Rivers") area, part of which makes up the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas. The river is important in generating...
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    Western explorer of the region which is now encompassed by the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas. Delavay was born in Les Gets, Haute-Savoie...
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    first national park in China to meet IUCN standards, is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site. Shangri-La railway...
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    Scenic Area in the Hongshan region. As such they are part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site. The region of this...
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    Longmen Xianling 7 8 6 Xiaoling Fuling, Zhaoling and Yongling Yungang Three Parallel Rivers Macau Koguryo royal tombs Panda Sanctuaries Yinxu Stone Forest Libo...
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    nearby historical town in Jianchuan County on the ancient tea route. Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas: a UNESCO Natural World Heritage area...
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    Mekong (redirect from Mekong River)
    the Mekong Rivers. It flows through the Tibetan Autonomous Region and then southeast into Yunnan Province, and then the Three Parallel Rivers Area in the...
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  • Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2017. "THREE PARALLEL RIVERS OF YUNNAN PROTECTED AREAS : YUNNAN, CHINA" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November...
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  • (右江) Beilun River (北仑河) Yuan River (元江) / (Red River) Nanwen River (南温河) / Lô River Lixian River (李仙江) / (Black River) Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected...
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    Yunnan (category Populated places on the Mekong River)
    many rivers and lakes. The annual water flow originating in the province is 200 cubic kilometres, three times that of the Yellow River. The rivers flowing...
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  • adjoins the Lancang River, while the eastern part is contiguous with the Jinsha River. The region was included in the Three Parallel Rivers UNESCO World Heritage...
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    elevation. The southern part of this ecoregion forms the core of the Three Parallel Rivers UNESCO World Heritage Site. In addition to the mountain valleys...
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    are the source of many of Asia's great rivers, which flow southerly towards the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau. The rivers split around the plateau, with the Salween...
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  • most likely descendants of Mongolians who moved south to China's Three Parallel Rivers region. During the second millennium, the Nung-Rawang migrated southwest...
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  • Hubei Red Stone Gorge, Henan Taihangshan Gorge, Shanxi Three Gorges, Chongqing Three Parallel Rivers, Yunnan Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Wu Gorge, Hubei...
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  • World Wildlife Fund, a World Biosphere Reserve, and a part of the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site. Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve covers...
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    to biological and social systems in northwest Yunnan and beyond. Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, includes...
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    Miju and Mici Rivers in the north, the Bolou River in the east, and smaller streams from the Cang Mountains in the west. Yangbi River, to the south,...
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  • 23 Aug 2017. "The Great Wall". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011. "Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011. "Decision...
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  • Sanjiang (Chinese: 三江; lit. 'three rivers') originally and typically refers to the Three Parallel Rivers of southwestern China: the Jinsha (upper Yangtze)...
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    Mountains, themselves a component range of the Hengduan Mountains. Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas - Unesco World Heritage Site List of Ultras...
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    River in southern China. It is formed by the confluence of the Gui and Xun Rivers in Wuzhou, Guangxi. It originates from the eastern foot of the Maxiong Mountain...
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    Hengduan Mountains including the Deep Gorge Country structured by three parallel rivers, the Salween, Mekong and Yangtze. Nakamura identified and photographed...
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    The rivers within Lijiang city are divided into two major river basins and three water systems, namely the Jinsha River system and the Yalong River system...
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