我国第一个国家自然保护区、岭南第一名山———鼎湖山,地处北纬23。10',东经112。34',因其完整地保存了具有400多年历史的地带性植被———南亚热带季风常绿阔叶林,从而被中外科学家誉为“北回归沙漠带上的绿洲”。鼎湖山生长着2500多种高等植物,约占广东省植物总数的1/4。其 China's first national nature reserve, the first mountain in Lingnan --- Dinghushan, is located at 23.10 'latitude and 112.34 longitude east. Because of its complete preservation of zonal vegetation with a history of more than 400 years --- South subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, so as by Chinese and foreign scientists as “the return of the desert oasis.” Dinghushan grows more than 2500 kinds of higher plants, accounting for about 1/4 of the total number of plants in Guangdong Province. its