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What is the altitude of Jiuzhaigou Huanglong in meters above sea level?

The altitude of Jiuzhaigou Huanglong is 5588 meters.

Huanglong Scenic Area is located in Songpan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It covers an area of ??700 square kilometers and is 100 kilometers away from Jiuzhaigou Valley. Because there are many colorful pools in the ditch, the colors change with the changes in the surrounding scenery and the angle of sunlight, so it is known as the "Earthly Pool".

The scenic spots of Huanglong Scenic Area include colorful pools, snow-capped mountains, canyons, forests, beach streams, ancient temples, and folk customs; the Huanglong Scenic Area is famous for its primitive forests, alpine lakes, calcified waterfalls, ring waterfalls, and calcified colorful pools. The main ones are Muni Valley; Danyun Gorge, which starts from Yusun Peaks and ends at Fan Cave, and stretches for 18.5 kilometers. The forest coverage rate in Huanglong Scenic Area is 65.8%, and the vegetation coverage rate is 88.9%. The wild animal resources in the scenic area are also very rich, accounting for 40.9% of the wild animals distributed in Huanglong.

Plant resources of Huanglong Scenic Area:

Subtropical evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forests appear in Huanglong Scenic Area from the bottom of Huanglong Valley (2000 meters above sea level) to the top of the mountain (3800 meters above sea level). , coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, subalpine coniferous forest, alpine shrub meadow, etc., with dense vegetation and a coverage rate of up to 88.9%, it is a place where plants gather.

In the area, there are nationally protected plants such as sycamore, aquamarine, Sichuan redwood, hemlock, and yew, as well as plants unique to China or unique to the area, such as: snow lotus, Maitiao spruce, Magnolia officinalis, dense-branched juniper, pine-pan branched cypress. There are many species of spruce and fir plants in the reserve, and arrow bamboo is widely distributed.