Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve is located in Zhanjiang City,Guangdong Province, covering an area of 19000 hectares. It was established withthe approval of the people's Government of Guangdong Province in 1990 andpromoted to the national level in 1997. The main protected object is mangroveecosystem.
The nature reserve is located in Leizhou Peninsula. Affected by thetropical marine climate, there are a large area of mangrove vegetationdistributed on the coastal beach. There are 12 families, 16 genera and 17species of mangrove plants in the reserve, which is the area with the mostmangrove species in China except Hainan Island.
In addition, the reserve has a large number and variety of cranes, storks,herons and other waterfowl and other wetland animals. According to preliminarystatistics, there are 82 species of birds alone, including 38 species ofresident birds and 44 species of migratory birds. The reserve is the largestexisting Mangrove Nature Reserve in China.