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Site description (2009 baseline):

Located 30 km south of Da’an City and 5 km west of Changshan Town. Chagan Hu is the tenth largest freshwater lake in China, and is the most important fishery and reed-production area in Jilin Province. During the migration seasons more than 50,000 individual birds are estimated to occur in the IBA.

Non-bird biodiversity: The area lies within the historical ranges of Procapra gutturosa, Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes and Mustela sibirica, but their numbers have declined.

Established as a provincial-level nature reserve in 1986.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chagan Hu Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chagan-hu-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.