It is located in Shangri-La Town, Daocheng County, southern Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

It is located in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in the middle section of the Hengduan Mountains, adjacent to Shangri-La, Yunnan Province in the south, and connected to Lugu Lake and Lijiang in the southeast. The total area is 1,457.5 square kilometers, and as of October 2016, the developed area is 32.44 square kilometers.

The forest area of ??Sichuan Yading National Nature Reserve is 560 square kilometers, with 1,126 species of vascular plants and 291 species of vertebrates. There are more than 10 peaks above 5,000 meters above sea level, more than 30 peaks above 4,500 meters above sea level, and 62 ancient glacial lakes in the mountains.

Topography:

Sichuan Yading National Nature Reserve is located at an altitude of 2900 meters (Gongga River Mouth) to 6032 meters (Xiannairi Peak). The north peak of Xiannairi Peak is 6032 meters above sea level. meters, the south peak Yangmaiyong Peak is 5958 meters above sea level, and the east peak Shanuoduoji Peak is 5958 meters above sea level. As of October 2019, it is one of the most complete and primitive alpine natural ecosystems in China.

Climate characteristics:

Sichuan Yading Nature Reserve has a humid continental monsoon plateau climate. Since the relative altitude difference in the area is up to 3,000 meters, the vertical climate differentiation is obvious. Below an altitude of 3,200 meters is the mountain warm and humid zone, between 3,200 and 3,600 meters is the mountain mid-temperate zone, between 3,600 and 4,300 meters is the mountain cold temperate zone, between 4,300 and 4,600 meters is the alpine sub-frigid zone, and above 4,600 meters above sea level is the alpine cold current ice and snow zone.