Black-necked cranes flock to wetlands in China's Tibet

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Black-necked cranes flock to wetlands in China's Tibet

STORY: Black-necked cranes flock to wetlands in China's Tibet DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of views of Lhunzhub County 2. various of black-necked cranes STORYLINE: More and more black-necked cranes have arrived at wetlands in Lhunzhub County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region to spend winter this year. Lhunzhub is a core protection area of a nature reserve for black-necked cranes, a species under first-class state protection in China. Located near the mid-stream of the Yarlung Zangbo River, the area was designated as a regional nature reserve for black-necked cranes in 1993, and it was made a national reserve in 2003. Every winter, about 2,000 black-necked cranes migrate here to enjoy the county's vast wetlands. The black-necked crane mainly inhabits plateaus, meadows, marshes, reed swamps, lakeside meadow swamps and river valley swamps at altitudes of 2,500-5,000 meters. It is the only crane in the world that breed

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