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20-508: The plateau is at the southern end of the Annamite Range . It covers parts of Dak Lak , Khanh Hoa , Lam Dong , and Ninh Thuan provinces. Đà Lạt Plateau is known for its mild and constant temperatures, which vary very slightly throughout the year. The average temperature in April, the warmest month, is 26.3 °C.January, the coldest month, sees an average temperature of 10.5 °C. October

40-544: A portion of Xiangkhoang Province (where the famous Plain of Jars is located) lie east of the divide. Most of Vietnam lies east of the divide, although Vietnam's Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region lies west of the divide, in the Mekong basin. The mountain range is also referred to variously as the Annamese Range , Annamese Mountains , Annamese Cordillera , Annamite Mountains and Annamite Cordillera . The name "Annam"

60-687: A portion of the plateau centered on Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park was designated the Langbiang Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO 's Man and the Biosphere Programme . This article about a location in Vietnam is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Annamite Range The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains ( French : Chaîne annamitique ; Lao : ພູ ຫລວງ Phou Luang ; Vietnamese : Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn )

80-549: A scientific basis for the 'improvement of relationships' between people and their environments. MAB engages with the international development agenda, especially the Sustainable Development Goals and the Post 2015 Development Agenda . The MAB programme provides a platform for cooperation in research and development. As of July 2024 , 759 sites across 136 countries, including 22 transboundary sites, have been included in

100-409: Is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina , extending approximately 1,100 km (680 mi) through Laos , Vietnam , and a small area in northeast Cambodia . The highest points of the range are the 2,819 m (9,249 ft)-high Phou Bia , the 2,720 m (8,920 ft)-high Phu Xai Lai Leng and the 2,598 m (8,524 ft)-high Ngọc Linh (Ngoc Pan). The latter is located at

120-693: Is defined by its main governing body, the International Coordinating Council. The MAB Council consists of 34 member states elected by UNESCO's General Conference. The council elects a chair and five vice-chairs from each of UNESCO's geopolitical regions, one of which functions as a rapporteur. These constitute the MAB Bureau. The MAB Secretariat is based at UNESCO's Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris. It works with field offices at national and regional levels. MAB

140-466: Is funded by UNESCO and mobilizes funds in trust granted by Member States, bilateral and multilateral sources, and extra-budgetary funds provided by countries, the private sector and private institutions. The first World Congress of Biosphere Reserves was held in Minsk, Belarus in 1983; the congress created an 'Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves' which was adopted the following year. The second World Congress

160-718: Is home to the endemic plant genus Langbiangia (3 species) and the endemic bamboo Schizostachyum langbianense . The plateau has been designated as an Endemic Bird Area by BirdLife International . The plateau comprises a multitude of habitats for birds. Restricted-range species such as the Vietnamese crested argus ( Rheinardia ocellata ), short-tailed scimitar babbler ( Jabouilleia danjoui ), black-hooded laughingthrush ( Garrulax milleti ), white-cheeked laughingthrush ( Garrulax vassali ), collared laughingthrush ( Garrulax yersini ), grey-crowned crocias ( crocias langbianis ) and yellow-billed nuthatch ( Sitta solangiae ) inhabit

180-555: Is the Vietnamese pronunciation and terminology of Chinese : 安南 ( pinyin : Ān Nán ), meaning "the tranquil south" referring to Vietnam. The French adopted the word and used "Annamese" or "Annamite" to refer to the Vietnamese. The Annamite mountains form an important tropical seasonal forest global ecoregion , the Annamite Range Moist Forests Ecoregion, which consists of two terrestrial ecoregions ,

200-741: Is the wettest month of the year. The natural vegetation of the plateau is montane rain forest, part of the Southern Annamites montane rain forests ecoregion. Plant communities include mid-elevation broadleaf evergreen forest, broadleaf-coniferous mixed forest, high-elevation dwarf forest, mossy forest, bamboo, and savanna. A total of 1,940 plant species belonging to 825 genera and 180 families have been recorded in Langbiang Biosphere Reserve, along with 89 species of mammals, 247 species of birds, 46 species of reptiles, 46 species of amphibians, 30 species of fish, and 335 species of insects. It

220-593: The Indochinese tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris ), sun bear ( Helarctos malayanus ), clouded leopard ( Neofelis nebulosa ), black-shanked douc ( Pygathrix nigripes ), gaur ( Bos gaurus ), yellow-cheeked gibbon ( Nomascus gabriellae ), and Annamese langur ( Trachypithecus margarita ). Protected areas on the plateau include Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park (575.12 km), Phuoc Binh National Park (196.84 km), Rung Thong Da Lat Cultural and Historical Site (233.92 km), and Deo Ngoau Muc Nature Reserve (20.0 km). In 2015

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240-721: The Southern Annamites montane rain forests and the Northern Annamites rain forests . The range is home to rare creatures such as the recently discovered Annamite rabbit and the antelope-like saola , the Douc langur , the large gaur , the Chinese pangolin , and formerly the Indochinese tiger . Most of the highlands like the Annamite Range and the Central Highlands were populated by ethnic minorities who were not Vietnamese during

260-665: The World Network of Biosphere Reserves . The reserves cover more than 5% of the world’s surface and are home to over 260 million people. Biosphere reserves are areas comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems. Its biosphere reserves are nominated by national governments and remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are located. Their status is internationally recognized. Biosphere reserves are 'Science for Sustainability support sites'. Biosphere reserves have three zones: The first biosphere reserves were designated in 1976 in several countries including

280-455: The 2020s, the zones are categorized as follows: core (category I-IV), buffer (category V-VI), transition (uncategorized). Participating countries establish MAB National Committees that define and implement each country's activities. MAB currently operates through 158 national committees established among the 195 member states and nine associate member states of UNESCO. The agenda of the MAB programme

300-697: The US, UK, Uruguay, Thailand, Iran and Poland. In 1996, the IUCN and MAB published a guideline for how to assess UNESCO biosphere reserves in the IUCN classification system . The IUCN distinguishes between the biosphere core area, buffer zones, transition zones, and each individual biosphere reserve. Biosphere core zones were in IUCN category I; either Ia ( strict nature reserve ) or Ib ( wilderness area ). Biosphere buffer zones would fall into categories IV, V or VI, and transition zones would be categorized as either V or VI, if possible. In

320-488: The beginning of the 20th century. The demographics were drastically transformed with the colonization of 6 million settlers from 1976 to the 1990s, which led to ethnic Vietnamese Kinh outnumbering the native ethnic groups in the highlands. Man and the Biosphere Programme Man and the Biosphere Programme ( MAB ) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO , that aims to establish

340-551: The collared laughingthrush often inhabits the higher peaks of the region, reaching above 1,500 m. The Bidoup Núi Bà National Park , which is located in the northeastern section of the Đà Lạt Plateau, contains a significant number of mammalian species, totaling some 36 species of small mammals. Some of the notable creatures in this total include treeshrews (Tupaiidae), roundleaf bats (Hipposideridae), horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae), squirrels (Sciuridae), bamboo rats (Spalacidae) and porcupines (Hystricidae). Large mammals include

360-735: The northwestern edge of the Triassic Kontum Massif in central Vietnam. Important mountain passes are the Nape Pass and the Mụ Giạ Pass . The Annamite Range runs parallel to the Vietnamese coast, in a gentle curve which divides the basin of the Mekong River from Vietnam's narrow coastal plain along the South China Sea . Most of the crests are on the Laotian side. The eastern slope of

380-407: The range rises steeply from the plain, drained by numerous short rivers. The western slope is more gentle, forming significant plateaus before descending to the banks of the Mekong. The range itself has three main plateaus, from north to south: Phouane Plateau, Nakai Plateau and Bolaven Plateau . Laos lies mostly within the Mekong basin, west of the divide, although most of Houaphan Province and

400-402: The tropical montane broadleaf evergreen forest, the notable exception being the Vietnamese greenfinch ( Carduelis monguilloti ), which prefers pine forest. The varying elevations in the plateau also form a congenial environment for birds that are suited to low elevation (up to 1,650 m) such as the black-hooded laughingthrush and the grey-crowned crocias, which rarely ventures above 1,450 m, while

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