Heilongjiang Hulin National Wetland Park

Heilongjiang Hulin National Wetland Park

Heilongjiang Hulin National Wetland Park is a national wetland park and a national nature reserve.

Heilongjiang Hulin National Wetland Park is located in the eastern part of Hulin City, adjacent to and west of the Zhenbao Island Wetland National Nature Reserve. It is bordered by the Hutou–Raohé Road, which serves as the dividing line between the park and the reserve. The planned total area is 4,353.51 hectares, divided into northern and southern sections. The southern section is the Qihulin River project area, while the northern section is the Abqin River project area. Both the Qihulin River and the Abqin River are first-order tributaries of the Ussuri River. The southern Qihulin River project area covers 2,336.17 hectares, and the northern Abqin River project area spans 2,017.34 hectares.

The reserve has a mid-temperate continental monsoon climate, characterized by long, harsh winters and short, warm, rainy summers, with an average annual temperature of 2.5°C. The flora belongs to the Changbai plant system. There are 600 species of higher plants, belonging to 130 families.

Among them, there are four nationally protected endangered plant species: Amur cork tree, Manchurian ash, Manchurian walnut, and wild soybean. In the lowland island-like forests, there are dozens of tree species, as well as dozens of types of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, along with plants such as littleleaf linden, Carex schmidtii, and Carex meyeriana. The wildlife resources are abundant. Preliminary surveys have identified 52 bird species, belonging to 13 orders and 27 families, including four species under national first-class protection: red-crowned crane, Siberian crane, white-tailed sea eagle, and white-headed eagle. The reserve is home to 235 species of mammals from 5 orders and 11 families, seven of which are under national second-class protection: sika deer, moose, black bear, brown bear, lynx, otter, and snow hare. There are 45 fish species in the reserve, belonging to 7 orders, 10 families, and 41 genera.