View from Dulongjiang road, looking back east towards Bingzhongluo, Yunnan 26 Sept 2009

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Plant Collectors worked this area in the early 20th Century, including Frank Kingdon Ward. In World War Two the area was known as "The Hump", a hazardous area of mountains that planes had to fly over between India and SW China.

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Size: 3504px × 2336px
Location: Dulongjiang (Upper Irrawaddy), Yunnan, China
Photo credit: © John Holmes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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