| Chang Tang National Nature Reserve | |
|---|---|
| Location |  China
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| Coordinates | 30°N 88°E / 30°N 88°E |
| Area | 334,000 km2 (128,958 mi2) |
| Established | 1993 |
Chang Tang National Nature Reserve (Chinese: 羌塘国家级自然保护区) 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 km2 (129,000 sq mi),[1][2] 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 km2 (191,507 sq. miles) of connected Nature Reserves, which represents an area almost as large as Spain and bigger than 197 other countries.
- ^ "Habitat of Chiru"
- ^ ""Changthang National Protected Area"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-01.