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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project<br />

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Appendix 5<br />

ANNEX 14: STATUS OF VEGETATION IN THE QINLING MOUNTAINS AND PROJECT AREA<br />

1 Area and Range of Qinling Mountains<br />

Qinling Mountains can be viewed on two different scales, a broad scale and a narrow scale, as<br />

described below.<br />

The broad scale Qinling Mountains lie across middle China, is east and west tend to towards great<br />

mountain chain, from Xiqing Mountain in Qinghai province and after south of Gansu province and mid<br />

of Shaanxi province to Dabie Mountains across Hubei province, Henan province and Anhui province.<br />

The Qinling Mountains span four provinces (Shaanxi province, Gansu province, Henan province and<br />

Hubei province) and 74 counties or cities (Table 1), and are located at 104°30��112°52� E and<br />

32°50��34°45� N. The overall length of Qinling Mountains is 1,600 km; the breadth from south to<br />

north is from tens of kilometers to 200-300 km. The acreage of Qinling Mountains is over 50,500 km 2 ,<br />

the vigor is boundless and pageantry is magnificent. The broad Qinling Mountains is a divide between<br />

the drainage areas of the Yangzi and Yellow Rivers. The south slope of the Qinling lies in the subtropic<br />

climate, where natural conditions are typical of southern latitudes. The North Slope lies in the<br />

warm temperate zone, where natural conditions are typical of northern latitudes. The characteristics<br />

of agriculture production have marked differences on the south and north slopes of the Qinling<br />

Mountains. Therefore in a period of time, people consider the Qinling Mountains as the geographic<br />

boundary of southward and northward in China.<br />

Province<br />

Shaanxi<br />

Gansu<br />

Henan<br />

Table 1: City and County in Broad Qinling Mountains<br />

Area (City,<br />

State)<br />

Shangzhou<br />

Hanzhong<br />

Ankang<br />

Baoji<br />

Weinan<br />

Xi`an<br />

Longnan<br />

Gannan<br />

Tianshui<br />

Dingxi<br />

Sanmenxia<br />

Luoyang<br />

Pingdingshan<br />

Nanyang<br />

County (City, District) all in<br />

Qinling Mt.<br />

Shangxian, Luonan, Shanyang,<br />

Danfeng, Zhenan, Zhashui and<br />

Shangnan<br />

Lueyang, Liuba and Foping<br />

Ningshan<br />

Fengxian and Taibai<br />

Tanchang, Wudou, Wenxian,<br />

Kangxian, Chengxian, Lixian,<br />

Xihe, Liangdang and Huixian<br />

Zhouqu<br />

Wushan<br />

Zhangxian and Minxian<br />

Lingbao and Lushi<br />

Luanchuan<br />

Xixia, Xichuan, Neixiang and<br />

Nanzhao<br />

County (City, District)part in<br />

Qinling Mt.<br />

Mianxian, Hanzhong, Chenggu,<br />

Yangxian, Xixiang and<br />

Ningqiang<br />

Ankuang, Xunyang, Hanyin and<br />

Shiquan<br />

Weibin, Baoji, Meixian and<br />

Qishan<br />

Linwei, Huaxian, Huayin and<br />

Tonggua<br />

Zhouzhi, Huxian, Changan,<br />

Lintong and Lantian<br />

Diebu<br />

Tianshui and Gangu<br />

Shaanxian, Yima and Yanchi<br />

Luoning, Songxian, Wuyang,<br />

Yichuan and Yiyang<br />

Lushan, Wuzhou and Baofeng<br />

Fangcheng and Zhenping<br />

Hubei Shiyan Yunxi Yunxian<br />

Sum 15 34 40<br />

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