Jiuzhaigou

Jiuzhaigou is a Y-shaped valley with 108 lakes and a series of travertine barriers. Three Tibetan villages remain inside the scenic area.

Panda Lake in Jiuzhaigou
Panda Lake in Jiuzhaigou

Jiuzhaigou

Panda Lake in Jiuzhaigou

Water in layers

Jiuzhaigou's colour comes from a staircase of travertine barriers, fallen trees and clear water moving slowly from lake to lake.

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  1. Panda Lake in JiuzhaigouCEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.