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Mount Yiwulü

医巫闾山

Overview

DesignationNational Park of China (fourth batch)
ProvinceLiaoning
LocationBeizhen County, Liaoning
Latitude, longitude41.6, 121.7 Google Maps
WildlifeSwans, mandarin ducks
Area630 km²
Highest point866 m
Nearby citiesShenyang, Beijing, Tianjin, Changchun
Nearby sitesQianshan, Mukden Palace, Shenyang, Xingcheng Seaside, Benxi Water Cave, Phoenix Mountain
ThemesFamous mountains, Mountains, Forests, Birds

About

Mount Yiwulü, also Lüshan, in Beizhen County, Liaoning, belongs to the Songling range of the Yangshan system. It is the Northern Zhen of the Five Sacred Mountains and Five Zhen, the ten famous mountains, and with Qianshan and Changbai one of the three famous mountains of the north-east. Mostly granite, its main peak, Wanghai, is 866 m.

The Yiwulü national nature reserve has natural mixed conifer and broadleaf forest and is an important stopover for migrating swans and mandarin ducks.

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