Zhanjiang's Leizhou Peninsula: Home of white dolphins | 中华白海豚遨游雷州湾
- 来源:当代先锋网
- 发布时间:2024-09-20 17:02:50
A white dolphin leaps out of the sea surface of the Leizhou Peninsula. [Photo/ The Information Office of Zhanjiang Municipal Government]
The nearshore waters of the Leizhou Peninsula are scattered with numerous islands and reefs, where the rare Chinese white dolphins thrive and reproduce healthily.
湛江雷州半岛的近海散布着众多岛屿和岛礁,稀有的中华白海豚在此健康繁衍,其种群数量位居全国前列。
The population of Chinese white dolphins here has become the second largest in the country. There are only over 6,000 Chinese white dolphins in the world, and a thousand of them gather off Leizhou.
中华白海豚在全世界仅6000多只,其中近千只聚集在雷州半岛近海。
The municipal-level nature reserve for the Chinese white dolphins in Leizhou Bay, Zhanjiang, was established on April 26, 2007, with an area of 2,058 hectares.
为保护中华白海豚,雷州湾中华白海豚自然保护区建立,该保护区总面积2058公顷,其中核心区面积686公顷,实现保护区与人工鱼礁区结合,主要保护中华白海豚、文昌鱼等。
A white dolphin leaps out of the sea surface of the Leizhou Peninsula. [Photo/ The Information Office of Zhanjiang Municipal Government ]
Source: chinadaily
Editor:ChenDawei
Senior Editor:MinJie