For its wonderful shape and beautiful scenery, Mt Myohyang has been called as one of the celebrated mountains of Korea from olden times.
Covering a wide area of Kujang County in North Phyongan Province, Huichon City and Hyangsan County in Jagang Province and Nyongwon County in South Phyongan Province, the Mt Myohyang area was registered as a world biosphere reserve in May 2009, as the third of its kind in the DPRK.
Mt Myohyang consists of rugged cliffs and steep peaks due to severe fault structural movements. Found in its valleys are cliffs of granite gneiss, waterfalls like Kumgang, Chonthae, Isonnam and natural perennial streams.
As the area is surrounded by high mountain peaks including Hyangbiro (1 909 m), the weather of the Myohyangsan Biosphere Reserve is characterized by longer winter than plain areas and no hard winds. Its climate is in the north temperate zone and the average annual temperature is about 8℃. The reserve is of typical temperate mountain ecosystem and constitutes the central area of genetic, species and ecosystem diversity in the DPRK. Adjoining the country’s western inland areas, it is a good habitat for animals and plants because of its diverse topographical conditions, thick forests, deep valleys and natural rock caves.
The reserve has a wide range of species from lowland to highland plants, and hundreds of kinds of vertebrates, including dozens of species of mammals and more than a hundred species of birds.
In addition, the reserve is home to dozens of species of endangered and indigenous plants, including Pinus pumila , Thuja koraiensis , Sabina sargentii , Sasamorpha purpurascens var and Saussurea myokoensis and dozens of kinds of endangered animals such as bears, otters, musk deer and Pteromys volans .
The International Friendship Exhibition House and many historical sites and scenic spots found in the reserve make it a wonderful tourist destination.
Chae Ryong Jin
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