北方地区著名地理景点

五大连池（黑龙江省）：位于黑龙江省黑河市五大连池市，距离五大连池市区18公里，地处小兴安岭山地向松嫩平原的过渡地带，是中国最著名的火山群之一，这里有大片的火山岩石地貌，湖泊和温泉资源丰富。五大连池风景区总面积为1060平方公里，其中林地32.1万亩，草原5.73万亩，湿地15万亩。1719年-1721年间，火山喷发，熔岩阻塞白河河道，形成五个相互连接的湖泊，因而得名五大连池。五大连池风景区有:莲花湖，燕山湖，白龙湖，鹤鸣湖，如意湖组成串珠状的湖群以及周边火山群地质景观，相关人文景观，植被水景等组成。植物618种，野生动物397种，与同纬度地区相比，动植物种类十分丰富，成为生态演变过程的重要见证，展示了大自然顽强的生命力，是世界上研究物种适应和生物群落演化的最佳地区。

Wudalianchi (Heilongjiang Province): Located in Wudalianchi City, Heilongjiang Province, this area is 18 kilometers away from the city center of Wudalianchi. It lies in the transitional zone from the Xiaoxing’ anling Ranges to the Songnen Plain. It is one of the most famous volcanic clusters in China, showing large areas of volcanic rock formations and rich resources of lakes and hot springs. Wudalianchi Scenic Area covers a total area of 1060 square kilometers, with 321 thousand mu of forests, 57.3 thousand mu of grasslands, and 150 thousand mu of wetlands. From 1719 to 1721, the volcanic eruption led to lava blocking the Baihe River, which formed five interconnected lakes, hence the name Wudalianchi. Wudalianchi Scenic Area consists of five lakes: Lotus Lake, Yanshan Lake, Bailong Lake, Crane Lake, and Swan Lake, as well as surrounding volcanic clusters, related cultural landscapes, and water vegetation. With 618 kinds of plants and 397 kinds of wild animals recorded, the area boasts a rich diversity of fauna and flora compared to the same latitude zones. The richness demonstrates the tenacity of nature and makes the area an ideal place to study species adaptation and biological evolution.

长白山天池（吉林省）：长白山位于吉林省和辽宁省交界处，有中国最著名的天池。这里山峰陡峭，秀丽多姿，尤其是天池四季景色变幻莫测，引人入胜，被誉为"人间仙境"。它位于长白山主峰附近，是一处火山口湖，湖水清澈见底，四季景色各异。长白山天池周围被茂密的原始森林环绕，是自然生态环境的典范。

Changbai Mountain Tianchi (Jilin province): Located at the border of Jilin and Liaoning provinces, Changbai Mountain has China's most famous Tianchi. The mountain is steep and stunning, especially the Tianchi which has an ever-changing view that attracts people. It is known as "a fairyland on earth". The Tianchi is near the main peak of Changbai Mountain, it's a crater lake with crystal-clear water, surrounded by dense primitive forests, hence a metal of natural ecological environment.

镜泊湖（吉林省）：位于吉林省延边朝鲜族自治州，是中国最干净的淡水湖泊之一，湖水清澈宛如明镜，四周群山环抱，风光秀美。

Jingpohu (Jilin province): Located in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province, Jingpohu is one of China's cleanest freshwater lakes. Clear as a mirror, the lake is crowned by a necklace of mountains, making the landscape breathtakingly beautiful.

鸭绿江湿地：鸭绿江流域湿地自然保护区位于辽宁省东南部，东起吉林省集安市，西接丹东市，南与朝鲜民主主义人民共和国隔江相望。鸭绿江湿地国家级自然保护区总面积108057公顷。为内陆湿地和水域生态类型与海洋和海岸生态类型的复合生态系统。鸭绿江水和大洋河水源源不断的向这里输送着涓涓清水，344种高低等植物生长期间，240种鸟类，88种鱼类以及两栖类哺乳类动物在这里生息，形成了一张复杂的生物链，是一个不可多得的生物多样性基地。一望无际的芦苇沼泽植株稠密，成为鸟类良好的隐蔽和繁殖地。保护区独特的华北，东北动植物区系交汇地带湿地生态系统和生物物种，对生态学，遗传学以及野生动植物资源的保护具有极高的科研价值。保护区具有建立湿地生物基因库，保护丹顶鹤等国家重点保护和珍稀濒危鸟类，发挥湿地蓄水，调节气候，净化水质等环境功能。

Yalu River Wetland: The Yalu River Basin Wetland Nature Reserve is located in the southeastern part of Liaoning Province, starting from Ji'an City in Jilin Province to the east, connecting to Dandong City to the west, and facing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the river to the south. The Yalu River Wetland National Nature Reserve covers a total area of 108,057 hectares. It is a composite ecosystem of inland wetlands, water ecosystems, marine, and coastal ecosystems. The Yalu River and the Daoyang River continuously deliver clear water here, allowing 344 species of high and low plants, 240 species of birds, 88 species of fish, and amphibians and mammals to grow, forming a complex food chain, a rare biodiversity base. The vast reed marshes with dense plants provide a great hideout and bird breeding place. The unique wetland ecosystem and biological species of the North China and Northeastern plant and animal regions in the reserve have extremely high scientific research value for ecology, genetics, and the protection of wild plant and animal resources. The reserve has the functions of establishing a wetland biological gene bank, protecting cranes and other national key protected and rare endangered birds, storing wetland water, regulating climate, and purifying water quality.

长城（北京、河北、山西、内蒙古等）：它横跨中国北方，风景秀丽，是中国的标志性景点之一。它也是中国古代的防御工程，被誉为世界文化遗产。长城东起山海关，西至嘉峪关，全长约万里。长城蜿蜒曲折，横跨中国北方的山脉、丘陵、草原和沙漠，是中国古代劳动人民智慧的结晶，更是中国历史文化的象征。

The Great Wall (Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, etc.): It crosses the north of China, with beautiful scenery, and is one of China's iconic attractions. It is also an ancient defensive project in China and is known as a world cultural heritage. The Great Wall starts from the Shanhaiguan in the east and ends at the Jiayuguan in the west. It is approximately 10,000 li long. The Great Wall winds and twists, across mountains, hills, grasslands, and deserts in northern China. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient Chinese laborers and a symbol of Chinese historical culture.

坝上草原（内蒙古）：坝上草原位于内蒙古自治区，风景如画，是中国最具代表性的草原之一。这里有广袤的草原、奔跑的马群，随处可见蒙古包和游牧民族的生活场景。

Bashang Grassland (Inner Mongolia): Bashang Grassland is located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with picturesque scenery, and is one of China's most representative grasslands. Here you can see vast grasslands, running horses, Mongolian yurts, and the living scenes of nomads everywhere.

五台山（山西）：五台山位于山西省忻州市，景区规划面积607k㎡，行政管辖面积436k㎡。《名山志》载:“五台山五峰耸立，高出云表，山顶无林木，有如垒土之台，故曰五台。”五台山是中国青庙黄庙共处的佛教道场，有宗教活动场所86处，是中国佛教四大名山之一。五台山是中国佛教名山之一，被誉为“东南禅地，西北法门”，拥有众多名胜古迹，包括寺庙、塔林和石窟等，是佛教信徒的朝圣之地。这里也有丰富的佛教文化遗产和历史建筑，是中国著名的旅游胜地，吸引着无数信徒前来观光。同时，五台山拥有独特而完整的地球早期地质构造，地层剖面，古生物化石遗迹，新生代夷平面及冰缘地貌，完整记录了地球新太古时代晚期-古元古代地质演化历史，具有世界性地质构造和年代地层划界意义和对比价值。是全球地质科学界研究地球早期演化以及早期板块碰撞造山过程的最佳记录，是开展全球性地壳演化，古环境生物演化对比研究的典型例证，因此五台山被誉为“中国地质博物馆”。

Wutaishan (Shanxi): Wutaishan is located in Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, with a planning area of 607k㎡ and an administration area of 436k㎡. According to "Famous Mountain Records", "Wutaishan has five peaks towering into the sky above the clouds. The top of the mountain has no trees. It looks like a tamped platform, so it is called Wutaishan." Wutaishan is a Buddhist place in China where green temples and yellow temples coexist. It has 86 religious places and is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. Wutaishan is one of the famous Buddhist mountains in China, known as "Southeast Zen Land, Northwest Dharma Door", and has many cultural relics and historical sites, including temples, pagodas and grottoes, and is a pilgrimage place for Buddhists. Here is also rich in Buddhist cultural heritage and historical buildings, and is a famous tourist spot in China, attracting countless believers to visit. In addition, Wutaishan has a unique and complete early geological structure, stratigraphic profile, paleontological fossil traces, Neogene peneplain, and glacial features, and records the geological evolution history of the Late Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic era, with global significance of geological structure and age stratigraphy. It is the best record of the study of the early earth's evolution and the early plate collision orogeny process by the global geological science community. It is a typical example of comparative research on global crustal evolution and ancient environmental biological evolution. Therefore, Wutaishan is known as the "China Geological Museum".

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