Wetland park in Xiuwen approved as national-level park

Five wetland parks in Southwest China's Guizhou province have recently been approved as national wetland parks, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

The Guizhou Xiuwen Yanying Lake National Wetland Park – located in Xiuwen county, Guiyang, capital of Guizhou – was among them.

View of Guizhou Xiuwen Yanying Lake National Wetland Park in Xiuwen county [Photo/ddcpc website]

The wetland park is composed of Yanying Lake (Yanyingshan Reservoir), the first mountain on the north face of the lake, and the canyon in the southwest, across Xiaoqing township and Jiuchang township. 

The wetland park, which has a total area of 483.7 hectares, mainly includes reservoirs, permanent and seasonal rivers, karst cave wetlands, herbaceous swamps and other wetland types.

It is a unique wetland ecosystem of karst rivers and ponds in Southwest China's karst landform region. It is also the source of drinking water and farmland irrigation water in Xiuwen county.