Diverse animals at the source of Yellow River
Cormorants by the Ngoring Lake located at the source of Yellow River in Madoi County, northwest China's Qinghai Province.[Photo/People's Daily]
Tibetan antelopes by the Ngoring Lake located at the source of Yellow River in Madoi County, northwest China's Qinghai Province.[Photo/People's Daily]
In recent years, Madoi County in northwest China's Qinghai Province has continued to improve its ecological protection level. According to the Department of Forestry of Qinghai Province, the Yellow River Source Park of the Sanjiangyuan National Park in Madoi County, has 78 kinds of wild vertebrate animals, including 40 kinds of birds, 30 kinds of beasts, and eight kinds of fish, with 69 kinds of the animals on China's priority protection list. National Level One protected animals include snow leopards, white-lipped deer, Tibetan antelopes, wild yak, black-necked cranes, golden eagles, etc., as well as 13 kinds of species unique to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region. Madoi County is one of the regions with concentrated habitats of wild Tibetan donkeys and wild Tibetan antelopes.
Editor: Tommy Tan.
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