Chang Tang National Nature Reserve lies in the northern Tibetan Plateau. It is the third-largest land nature reserve in the world, after the Northeast Greenland National Park and Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, with an area of over 334,000 km, making it bigger than 183 countries. Administratively, it lies in Xainza County and Biru Cou…
Chang Tang National Nature Reserve lies in the northern Tibetan Plateau. It is the third-largest land nature reserve in the world, after the Northeast Greenland National Park and Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, with an area of over 334,000 km, making it bigger than 183 countries. Administratively, it lies in Xainza County and Biru County of the Nagqu Prefecture. With the more recently established adjoining reserves listed below there is now a total of 496,000 km of connected Nature Reserves, which represents an area almost as large as Spain and bigger than 197 other countries.
Location: China · Amdo County, Nagqu Prefecture · Nyima County, Nagqu Prefecture · Shuanghu County, Nagqu Prefecture · Xainza County, Nagqu Prefecture · Biru County, Nagqu Prefecture · Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture · Gêrzê County, Ngari Prefecture · Gê'gyai County, Ngari Prefecture
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