The reserve’s kidney-like shape covers 33,300 ha and embraces an estuary freshwater ecosystem, from which the whole area is flooded for 3 to 6 months in Poyang Lake, and forming part of Poyang Lake. It is located in the north of Jiangxi Province, close to the capital Nanchang, between Ganjiang estuary and 2005).īox 2: Poyang Lake Nanji Wetland National Nature Reserve Province to Guangdong province (Yue et al. The centre of this ecosystem has shifted northeast from Hainan This change in weather pattern has resulted in the appearance since the 1970s of the tropical moist forest. In southeastern China both temperature and precipitation have Weather patterns are impacting on terrestrial ecosystems in China, in particular, the areas of subtropical wet forest (Yue et al. Reaches, precipitation extremes are becoming more concentrated in the month of June with the highest frequency of extremes, and an increasing probability of flooding (Su et al. Specifically, in the middle and lower Yangtze As a result, the Yangtze River has experiencedįrequent flooding whilst the region has also undergone periods of drought, which has resulted in significant economic losses (Qian & Zhu 2001). Precipitation pattern since the mid-1980s have been attributed mainly to the evolution of the monsoon system. Whilst the number of above average rain days is decreasing, the amount of precipitation per rain day is increasing (Zhai et al. 2005), and rainfall patterns have shownĪ trend towards extreme precipitation events.

The growing season in the temperate regions has extended ( Chen et al. 1999) with warming especially noticeable in wintertime (Zhang etĪl. The minimum temperature has increased in the second half of the 20 th century (Zhai et al. Climate change patterns have been observed all over China and show similar trends Annual precipitation is 1200 to 1900 mm and is related mainly to the Asian summer monsoon. Jiangxi has a subtropical climate with pronounced differences between summer (average temperatures in July up to >30☌) and winter (average temperatures in January In fact, the region forms part of a more extensive mountain massive, the Nanling mountains, which belong to the seven most endemism-rich regions of China (Tang et al. Evidence suggests that during the last ice age the province served as a glacial refuge for many species, including several endemics Which are broadly classified into mountains that make up 36% of the land cover highlands about 42% flatlands 22% and wetland around 7% (GIZ 2010). The favourable environmental conditions support a diversity of ecosystems and habitats, The average monthly temperature is 16.2-19.7° C, and the average rainfall is 1400-1900 mm/yr. Jiangxi falls within the humid subtropical monsoon climate region and hasįour seasons. Poyang Lake is located just to the south of Yangtze River, which forms the northern provincial border (GIZ 2010). The five largest rivers discharge into Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater body Mountains with much of the watershed ending up in the Jiangxi catchment as rivers and lakes, dominated by Poyang Lake. To the east, south and west of the province the landscape is dominated by The region extends over a wide altitudinal range with the highest point recorded at 2,157.7m.

Jiangxi Province is located in the southeast of China and covers 16 6, 9 00 km 2 (Statistics Department

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