玉龙雪山导游词篇locatingbetween10004’-10016’eastlongitudeand2703’-2740’northlatitude,jadedragonsnowmountain(yulongmountain)isthesouthernmostglacierinthenorthernhemisphere
consistingof13peaks,amongwhichshanzidouisthehighestonewithanaltitudeof5,600meters(18,360feet),jadedragonsnowmountainstretchesalengthof35kilometers(22miles)andawidthof20kilometers(13miles)
lookingfromlijiangoldtowninthesouthwhichis15kilometers(ninemiles)away,thesnow-coveredandfog-enlacedmountainresemblesajadedragonlyingintheclouds,hence,thenamejadedragonsnowmountain
accordingtothegeologists’research,forabout400millionyearstheareaaroundjadedragonsnowmountainwastheoceananditwasduringthelast600thousandyearsthatthedifferentlandscapeshadcomeintobeingbecauseoftheuprisingofthelithosphere
archaiclegendaboutthismysteriousandbeautifulsnowmo