Now China has five national parks. They protect nearly 30% of the important wild species (野生物种) in China, Let's take a look at three of them.
Giant Panda National ParkLocation (地址) : Sichuan,Shaanxi and Gansu More than 80% of China's wild giant pandas live there! The park builds many small houses for pandas in these three provinces. Besides pandas, leopards (金钱豹) and monkeys also live in the park. Pandas and their "neighbors" can live and play together. |
National Park of Hainan Tropical (热带的) RainforestLocation: Hainan As big as 4,400 square kilometers, it has a very large tropical forest. The forest covers nearly 96%of the park. More than 400 kinds of endemic (特有的) plants are growing in the park. There are 35 Hainan gibbons (长臂猿) in the park. They are the only surviving (幸存的) members of the species in the world. What's more, Hainan's three highest mountains are also in the park. |
Sanjiangyuan National ParkLocation: Qinghai It is the largest national park in China. It is about 14 times the area of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. People call it "the water tower of China", because it is home to the sources (源头)of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River. It is also home to hundreds of animal species. |
a. pandas b. elephants c. leopards d. monkeys e. gibbons