West Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve
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West Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve is located at Han-shou County.The protected area was established in 1998 and listed as Wetlands of International Important (Ramsar site) in 2002,and in December 2013,it was approved by the State Council as National Nature Reserve with a total area of 30,044 hect-ares.The unique geographical location and hydrological features,"water rising as lake,water lowering as marshland',nourished tich biological resources.414 vascular plants species,in-cluding 5 national important conservation species.It is an essential habitat for East Asian-Australasian flyway,providing foraging and resting sites for tens of thousands of migratorybirds,in the meantime,becoming an important migratory chan-nel and breeding ground for fish.West Dongting lake has become one of the impottant areas of biodiversity conservationin the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
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