Pearl Waterfall
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Pearl Shoal Waterfall (珍珠滩瀑布), is located Aba-Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province (China).
Nine Tibetan villages are scattered across the valley, so it's called Jiuzhaigou Valley, which means "Nine Stockade Valley". More than 100 lakes of different sizes and brilliant colors are scattered in the valley. The local Tibetan people call them "Haizi", meaning son of the sea (see the map on your bottom-right).
The Pearl Shoal Waterfall is lthe most beautiful site in Jiuzhaigou, with an altitude of 2,433 meters and a height of 21 meters. On the top of the waterfall, it measures 162.5 meters in width. With a fall of 40 meters, the waterfall has a shape of the crescent (see the photo on the bottom-left).
- Tibet's rivers flow into the most populous regions of the world, supplying fresh water to a significant proportion of Asia's population. Net hydrological flows in Tibet total 627 cubic km per year. This comprises roughly six per cent of Asia¹s annual runoff and 34 per cent of India's total river water resources. Tibet is China's richest region in terms water resources. The availability of fresh water in Tibet - 104,500 cubic metres per year -- ranks fourth in the world after Iceland, New Zealand and Canada, and is 40,000 times higher than in China[1]. There are 365 rivers in Tibet each with over 10,000 km of hydro capacity[2].
[edit] References
- ^ Report: TIBET 2000: Environment and Development Issues
- ^ Tibet China - Travel Guide by An Caidan, China International Press, 2003, p13
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| Tibet Autonomous Region | (consists of Lhasa · Nagqu · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigazê · Ngari · Nyingchi) |  |
| in Gansu Province | Gannan · Tianzhu | |
| in Qinghai Province | Haibei · Hainan · Haixi (Mongols and Tibetans) · Huangnan · Golog · Yushu | |
| in Sichuan Province | Garzê · Ngawa (Tibetans and Qiang) · Muli | |
| in Yunnan Province | Dêqên | |
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