Daba Mountain is also the watershed between Jialing River and Hanjiang River, and the geographical dividing line between Sichuan Basin and Hanzhong Basin. It stretches for more than 500 kilometers from east to west, so it is called Bashan, or Bashan for short. Daba Mountain Range consists of Micang Mountain, Daba Mountain (in a narrow sense), Da Shennongjia, Wudang Mountain and Jingshan Mountain.
The mountain range is northwest-southeast, with Hanshui River in the north, Yangtze River in the south, Hanshui River in the east and Jialing River in the west. The northeast, southeast and southwest are Nanyang Basin, Jianghan Plain and Chengdu Plain respectively. It is about 560 kilometers long from east to west and 140 kilometers wide from north to south.
The elevation of the ridge is generally about 2000 meters. Limestone, dolomite and sandstone are widely distributed in mountainous areas. Karst landform is developed, with many peaks, caves and underground rivers. The valley height difference is 800- 1200m.
natural resource
There are many kinds of plants in mountainous areas, including dozens of rare animals such as white snake and white bear, among which 40 are wild animals under state protection, and the first-class protected animals at the state level include leopard, clouded leopard, forest musk deer and golden eagle.
The national second-class protected animals include golden cat, macaque, impala, golden pheasant, kestrel and giant salamander. The terrestrial wild animals under state protection include hedgehog, wolf, wild boar, hare, Chinese bamboo rat, cuckoo, Chinese forest frog, bamboo snake and so on.
There are many ancient endemic plants in Daba Mountain, such as Cercis chinensis, Pistacia vera, Davidia involucrata, Fragrant Fruit Tree, Ginkgo biloba, Primula and so on. It is one of the cradles of many ancient plants in subtropical and temperate zones in China, and also the cradles of Chimonanthus praecox in China. Jiaojiahe River in Nanjiang County, located on the southern slope of Daba Mountain, is the best preserved area of Cyclobalanopsis glauca virgin forest in evergreen broad-leaved forest in China.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Daba Mountain Area