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Tibetan Flowers Encyclopedia |
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these wonderful wildflowers are growing on the World's Roof - Tibet.
The richness of Tibet flowers is excess your imagination. Enjoying your visit!
Introduction
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The Roof of the World:
Tibet is well know as the World's Roof, it covers an area of 1.2 million km2, between 26º52' ~ 36º30'N and 78º24' ~ 99º06'E. The average altitude of Tibet is 4,500 meters (14,763 ft).
It has the highest peak (Mt. Everest - 8,850m , 29,035ft) and the largest canyon (Yalung Tsangpu River Great Canyon - depth 5,382m, 17,657ft) in the world.
With its fascinating geographic features, the bright sunlight, the clean atmosphere, the natural beauty of the high plateau, plus the uncertainly variable meteorology and the mystery of Tibetan culture, Tibet is a super attractive place for world nature lovers, adventurers, and scientists.
Unique botanical kingdom
When you getting close to it in warm sunlight, you will be excited to find that besides the snowfields and deserts, there are really bloomed meadows, luxurious forests, swamps with cranes, and beautiful lichen on rocks and trees.
The broad topology, the young geological history and the remote location of the Tibet Plateau reserved a very rich and unique botanical kingdom there.
Nature granted numerous beautiful wild flowers to decorate the world's roof. Many of these precious flowers are endemic to Tibet or Himalayas. They were generated or adapted to the special environment of Tibet plateau.
There are over 6,000 species of vascular plants in Tibet. Including 190 species of Rhododendron, 120 species of Primula and 110 species of Gentiana etc famous high mountain plants. Rare plants like Paeonia ludlowii, Omphalogramma tibeticum, Mussaenda dicipiens, Calanthe metoensis and Cypripedium elegans etc.
This collection showing you the first time the wonderful photos of these flowers blooming on the world's roof, with its Latin names and distribution zones.
Eight Geological Zones for the plants:
The complex of Tibet geography covers at least 8 types of geological zones, that providing the environment for different species of plants to grow.
--- Semiarid plateau and alpine
zone (3,500 - 5,200m).
--- Semimoist plateau and alpine zone (~ 3,800m).
--- Moist alpine zone (~ 3,500m).
--- Semiarid to semimoist valley zone (2,800 - 3,300m).
--- Mountain temperate forest zone (2,800 - 3,600m).
--- Mountain warm-temperate forest zone (2,200 - 2,800m).
--- Mountain subtropical forest zone (1,200 - 2,200m).
--- Mountain tropical forest zone (< 1,200m).
The 4 sections of Tibatan flowers:
Please click on each section to view the photos and information of those beautiful wildflowers growing in Tibet, that you may never had the chance to view it before.
(B) Himalayas endemic flowers.
Tibet Botanical Expedition 2001
If you are attracted by these natural miracles and wish to have a close look at it, our "Tibet Botanical Expedition 2001" will provide you a rare chance to explore these natural treasures. Please. contact 100GoGo "World Expedition Manager" for more information.
Photo credit and major scientific information source:
Prof. Xu Feng-Xiang - Professor of Forest & Plateau Ecology, The Tibet Agriculture and Pastoral College, The founder and first Director of Tibet Plateau Ecology Institute , Director of Beijing Lingshan Ecology Institute. During her 40 years scientific career, she investigated 20 forests regions in Tibet, walked 130,000 km to obtain large amount of first-hand data. Author of many Tibet forest & ecology books & articles.
Prof. Zheng Wei-Li - Associate Professor of Botany, Vice Director of Tibet Plateau Ecology Institute. During his 12 years work in Tibet, he entered the World's largest canyon for 5 times, Tibet Motuo region twice and other rich botanical regions, to obtain first-hand scientific data.
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