The "Golden Triangle" covers roughly Shan and Kachin States in northern Myanmar, Chiang Rai Province in Thailand, Langnanta, phongsaly province and Udomsai Provinces in northern Chiang Mai, and Luang Prabang Province in the west, with a total of more than 3,000 villages and towns.
The traffic here is blocked and the mountains overlap, with a total area of about1.5 ~ 200,000 square kilometers. The ups and downs of the mountains form a three-dimensional climate, and the people at the foot of the mountain are extremely hot. At that time, people at the top of the mountain may have to surround the fireplace to keep out the cold. Relatively speaking, the natural conditions in high-altitude areas are relatively poor, and people's lives are more difficult.
The climate with long sunshine, low latitude and high humidity in Southeast Asia is very conducive to the growth and reproduction of animals and plants, which in turn forms a unique local rainforest climate and causes biodiversity here.
Ecological river
Mekong River is another important geographical reason for the formation of the "Golden Triangle". It flows south from Qinghai in the northwest of China, passing through China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and Cambodia. This 4009-kilometer-long river cuts off the mountains in Southeast Asia. In addition, there are countless deep valleys and swift tributaries among the mountains, forming countless canyons and cliffs.
Formed a large traffic dead angle. Due to the above-mentioned special geographical reasons, the economic and cultural ties between the Golden Triangle area and developed areas are less, and it is difficult for the central authorities of relevant countries to control the Golden Triangle area deeply or effectively for a long time.
However, the favorable climatic conditions for crop production, combined with the particularity and complexity of topography, landforms and geographical climate, have created an excellent place for many ethnic groups and various separatist forces, regional forces or ethnic armed forces to survive and multiply in this area.
What is even more unimaginable is that this backward and narrow corner is constantly emitting the energy that corrodes civilized society and stubbornly proclaims its existence to the world. Complex geography, numerous nationalities and abnormal forces have created an excellent stage for all kinds of mysterious stories staged here.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Golden Triangle