Zhalong Nature Reserve

Zhalong Nature Preserve
扎龙国家级自然保护区
扎龍國家級自然保護區
zhālóng guójiā jízìránbǎohùqū
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Red-crowned cranes at the Zhalong Wetland
Map showing the location of Zhalong Nature Preserve
Map showing the location of Zhalong Nature Preserve
Location within Heilongjiang
LocationHeilongjiang, China
Nearest cityQiqihar
Coordinates47°05′17″N 124°19′12″E / 47.088°N 124.32°E / 47.088; 124.32[1]
Area2,100 km2 (810 sq mi)
Established1979
Official nameZhalong
Designated31 March 1992
Reference no.549[2]

Zhalong Nature Preserve (simplified Chinese: 扎龙国家级自然保护区; traditional Chinese: 扎龍國家級自然保護區; pinyin: zhālóng guójiā jízìránbǎohùqū) is a wetland reserve in Heilongjiang province, China.[3]

Zhalong Nature Reserve entrance
  1. ^ [1] protectedplanet.net
  2. ^ "Zhalong". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ Riley 2005: 195