Baijitan Nature Reserve

It is located in Lingwu City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with a total area of 81800 hectares. The reserve was established in 1985 with the approval of the people's Government of Lingwu County, and was promoted to the level of autonomous region in 1986. It is a nature reserve with desert ecosystem as the main protection object. This area is located in the southwest corner of Ordos platform, south of loess mausoleum area, landform belongs to hilly area, divided into low mountains and hills, gentle slope hills and desert hills, altitude between 1150-1650 meters. The desert vegetation in the area is well preserved, especially the 17000 hectare natural desert shrub community dominated by Caragana korshinskii distributed in the central core area is the largest and most concentrated endemic type in China, and the 20000 hectare natural desert grassland community dominated by Echinococcus felis distributed in the northern core area is also the largest protected area in China. Among them, 22 species of wild animals are listed as national key protected species, such as black stork, desert cat, rabbit, goose larynx antelope and kite.

The north boundary of this area is less than 10 kilometers away from Yinchuan City, and the west boundary is 5 kilometers away from the Yellow River. The special geographical location plays a special irreplaceable role in improving the ecological environment of Yinchuan city and reducing the impact of the northern desert on the Yellow River. On the other hand, the desert landscape in the reserve is unique, with the Shuidonggou ancient human cultural site of 30000-40000 years ago, the Ganlu Temple of Ma'anshan in Song Dynasty, the ancient Great Wall of Ming Dynasty and other places of interest, which is also of great significance to the development of eco-tourism.

Ningxia Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve

synonym

Baijitan nature reserve generally refers to Ningxia Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve

Ningxia Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve is located at the edge of Maowusu Sandy Land and the desert area in the east of the Yellow River irrigation area in Lingwu City, Ningxia, with a total area of 74843 hectares. It was promoted to the National Nature Reserve in April 2000. The main protected objects of Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve are 17300 hectares of natural shrub ecosystem dominated by Caragana korshinskii and 20000 hectares of natural shrub ecosystem dominated by cat's head thorn The main small shrub desert ecosystem. It belongs to desert ecosystem nature reserve.

Historical evolution

It was established in 1953, approved as a county-level Nature Reserve in 1985, approved as a provincial nature reserve in 1986, and promoted to a National Nature Reserve in 2000.

geographical environment

position

Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve is located in a special geographical location, adjacent to Ningxia Hedong airport. Its northern boundary is only 10km away from Yinchuan City, and its western boundary is 5-10km away from the Yellow River. Its geographical coordinates are 106 ° 20 ′ 22 ″ - 106 ° 37 ′ 19 ″ e, 37 ° 49 ′ 05 ″ - 38 ° 20 ′ 54 ″ n.

climate

Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve is located in Ordos platform in Northeast Ningxia, with an altitude of 1250 meters. It is a typical continental monsoon climate. The climate features are: late spring and early autumn, four distinct seasons, dry, less and concentrated rainfall, strong evaporation, dry climate, more sunny days, less rain and thunder, long cold and winter, short summer heat, large temperature difference, long sunshine, rich light energy, winter and spring monsoon There are more sand days.

The annual sunshine hours are 3080.2 hours, the average frost free period is 157 days, the plant growth period lasts 170 days, the annual average ≥ 10 ℃, the accumulated temperature is 3351.3 ℃, the annual average temperature is 8.8 ℃, and the average annual precipitation is 206.2-255.2mm. 80% of the annual precipitation is concentrated in July, August and September, and the annual average evaporation is 1933.3mm.

soil

The soil of Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu is mainly calcareous soil, which can be divided into ordinary calcareous soil, light calcareous soil, bottom salt calcareous soil, erosive calcareous soil, mountainous calcareous soil and aeolian sandy soil.

Regional scope

The total area of Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu of Ningxia is 74843 hectares, including 31318 hectares of core area, 18606 hectares of buffer area and 24919 hectares of experimental area.

It starts from the intersection of the great wall of Ming Dynasty in the East, reaches 1km west of huangcaogou pass in the south, 2km west of Renjiazhuang pass in the south, reaches the intersection of banxiao road and 307 National Road in Tianshui river course in the south, turns along 307 National Road to gongjingziqiao, reaches laoquankeng small intersection in the south, follows Guyang railway to dageidaozi, reaches jinjiashagoukou and jixingoukou in the south, and extends westward from jixingoukou to Sanchazi north 2 highway in the south Then turn westward to 1.5km south of Longkeng well and 1km east of Chelugou Yangquan; 1 km east of Chelugou Yangquan in the west, turn northward along 1250m contour line to K10 pile of Langyong highway, extend northward 1.2km from taohulu to dongganqu, pass miaoliangzigou to dongganqu spillway, and northward along 1150M contour line to cross haizidun, 307 national highway, Qinggou, tianchigou and Hengcheng; From Hengcheng in the north, along the great wall of Ming Dynasty to the intersection of Ningmeng border in the East. After adjustment, there are three core areas in the reserve, namely the northern maotouci desert core area, the central Caragana community desert core area and the southern maotouci Ammopiptanthus desert core area.

Protection target

Protected objects

The main protected objects of Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu are 17300 hectares of natural shrubbery ecosystem dominated by Caragana korshinskii and 20000 hectares of small shrub desert ecosystem dominated by cat's head thorn.

Botany

① There are 306 species of wild plants belonging to 170 genera of 53 families and 115 species of wild animals belonging to 47 families of 23 orders in Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve, accounting for 43.3% of the total number of wild animals in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

② In Baijitan National Nature Reserve of Lingwu, Nostoc flagelliforme is a first-class national protected plant, and Phragmites angustifolia is a second-class national protected plant.

animal

In Baijitan National Nature Reserve of Lingwu, there are 2 species of national first-class protected animals, including black stork and great bustard; 20 species of national second-class protected animals, including kite, swan and mandarin duck; 23 species, including green winged duck, white Spoonbill and falcon, are listed in cites; 39 species, including crested Greyhound, grass heron and hemp, are listed in Sino Japanese agreement on protection of migratory birds and their habitats; and 39 species, including Sino Australian agreement on protection of migratory birds and their habitats There are 8 species of common tern, white browed duck and spoonbill duck that protect migratory birds and their habitats.

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Management measures

Management organization

Baijitan National Nature Reserve (Baijitan sand control forest farm) is located in the southwest edge of Maowusu Desert in Ningxia. It is a state-owned institution mainly for windbreak, sand fixation, afforestation and ecological environment protection. In terms of management system, it has a set of people and two brands. It has six functional departments, six management stations, four enterprises and one public security bureau, with 476 employees and an area of 1.48 million mu.

Sand control project

From 2005 to 2010, a total of 220577 mu of afforestation has been completed in Baijitan National Nature Reserve of Lingwu, including 119662 mu of sand control on mobile dunes, 20260 mu of afforestation on barren hills, 76948 mu of Closing Hillsides for afforestation and 3607 mu of green passage.

ecological value

Ningxia Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve plays an important role in protecting the Yellow River, maintaining the safety of Hedong airport, and preventing railways and highways from being buried by sand. It also plays a great role in protecting hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile farmland in Ningxia plain and improving the ecological environment of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia.

Address: Lingwu City, Yinchuan, Ningxia

Longitude: 106.35898605273

Latitude: 38.075257402883

Tel: 0951-4030015

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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