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passed through the Zoigê Marsh in August 1935. The marshes were partially drained for grazing of cattle, sheep, and horses in the 1970s. This involved digging 200 km of ditches to drain 1,400 km of marshland. The project continued until the 1990s and exacerbated
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The marshes can be divided into four geomorphological regions: the Zoigê plateau plain, the Hong Yuan plateau mound, the A Ba plateau mountain, and the Songpan-Lixan Alp. The soil of the marshes contains a layer of
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Shuang Xiang, Ruqing Guo, Ning Wu, Shucun Sun, Current status and future prospects of Zoige Marsh in Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Ecological Engineering 35: 553-562
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that is about 2 to 3 meters thick in most places, but can reach up to 7 meters in thickness.The wetland is a low-level developed herbaceous swamp since the
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In 1994, a nature preserve was established in the marshes. From 2010, community efforts to replant local grasses have been underway, with light grazing by
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allowed, so that the animals can tread the seeds down and stimulate regrowth.
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List of Important Habitats for Terrestrial Wildlife(first batch)
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to prevent rainfall, which has caused die-offs in vegetation.
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and forms the largest high-altitude marsh area in the world.
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33°42′N 102°38′E / 33.700°N 102.633°E / 33.700; 102.633
Ramsar Wetland

Chinese
若尔盖
湿地
pinyin
Tibetan Plateau
Sichuan
Gansu
Qinghai
Yellow
Yangtze Rivers
Min Mountains
Amne Machin
peat
Quaternary
Himalayan orogeny
Yellow River

Long March
desertification problems
cloud-seeding cannons
yak
National Forestry and Grassland Administration
Black-necked crane
"Sichuan Ruoergai Wetland National Nature Reserve"
Ramsar

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