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The area has well preserved tectonic zones, glacial remains, and river source topography. It is well known for the “four wonders” of colorful ponds, snow mountains, alpine gorges, and forests. The huge travertine formation is like a golden dragon winding among the virgin forests, cliffs, and icy peaks, constituting the amazing, precipitous, majestic, and wild environmental features of Yellow Dragon scenic area. There are landscapes comparable to the snow-white mountains in Canada, Great Canyon of Wyoming, virgin forests in Colorado, and travertine colored ponds of the Yellowstone Park. This area gathers all the best landscapes which make it a rare scenic beauty in the world.
In October of 1982, it was listed as a key scenic area of the nation, and in December of 192 UNESCO inscribed it on its World Heritage List as a natural heritage of the human world.