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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Qilian Mountains conifer forests (PA0517) (769 words) |
 | Forests in the Qilian Mountains are reported to support a dense understory of small-stature bamboo which provides potential habitat for the giant panda, although this emblematic species is currently limited in its distribution to places southwest of here. |
| The Hexi Corridor is a chain of narrow depressions between the mountain ranges in this region that is functions as an ecological divide between the desert region in the north and the plateau in the south. |
| At higher altitudes along the Qilian Mountains is a scattered spruce belt (2b) according to the CVMCC (1979) Vegetation Map of China classes. |
| Scientist Calls for Glacier Protection (260 words) |
| Glacier-covered Tianshan, Qilian, Gongga and Yulong mountain ranges, all in northwestern China, have been affected to varying degrees, said Yao, deputy director of Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
| The scientist warned that some glaciers in China are experiencing intensifying melting, citing statistics that the size of glaciers in the Qilian Mountains shrank by 4.5 percent between 1850 and 1950, and further by 4.7 percent from 1950 to the present. |
| He suggested the state increase investment to establish glacier monitoring stations, a glacier alarm system and make a thorough study into the reserve of glaciers and the law of its changes with the help of remote sensing technology so that prompt countermeasures can be taken once a glacier is found shrinking. |
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