Which city in Sichuan is Jiuzhaigou Valley?

Jiuzhaigou Valley is located in Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located in the transition zone between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Western Sichuan Plateau, and the mountains to the Sichuan Basin, more than 300 kilometers south of Chengdu City. It is a ravine valley with a depth of more than 50 kilometers, with a total area of ??64,297 hectares and a forest coverage rate of more than 80%. It is named because there are nine Tibetan villages in the ditch, including Shuzheng Village, Heye Village, and Zechawa Village, which are located in this group of mountain lakes.

The terrain of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve is higher in the south and lower in the north, with deep valleys and huge height differences. The entrance of Jiuzhaigou at the northern edge of the area is only 2,000 meters above sea level, the peaks and ridges in the central part are all over 4,000 meters, and the southern edge is over 4,500 meters. The main ditch is more than 30 kilometers long. The peak and the peaks on both sides are basically covered with snow all year round.

The geological background of Jiuzhaigou Valley is complex, with widespread carbonate distribution, developed folds and faults, intense neotectonic movements, large crustal uplift, and the interweaving and compounding of multiple climatic forces, creating a variety of landforms and developing large Large-scale karst travertine deposition, dominated by plant karst travertine deposition, has formed Jiuzhaigou's beautiful and elegant lakes, rushing streams, waterfalls with flying beads and jade, ancient and deep forests, and rolling snow peaks.

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Jiuzhaigou is about 3,000 meters above sea level and has a humid plateau climate. The temperature in Jiuzhaigou is relatively low in spring and varies greatly. The average temperature is mostly between 9-18℃. There is frozen soil and residual snow before the weather in April. In Jiuzhaigou, the temperature rises quickly and stably in summer. The average temperature is 19-22°C, and it is better to bring a thin sweater when the nights are cooler. In autumn, the weather is pleasant and the weather is high and crisp. The temperature is mostly 7-18°C, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, especially in late autumn after October.

There are 108 alpine lakes in Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve. Most of them are distributed in groups, with areas of different sizes, ranging from half an acre to more than a thousand acres. There are so many mountain lakes in one ditch, and there is no second one anywhere in the country or the world.

There are many Tianchi Lakes in Jiuzhaigou Valley, the largest of which is 7 kilometers long. Tianchi Lake is surrounded by lush virgin forests. There are 17 large waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou, including Jiuzhaigou Nuorilang Waterfall. The largest lake in the reserve is Changhaizi.

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