Yuntai Mountain is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, with the north latitude of 35 25'19.78 "and the east longitude of113 25'10.07". It is located 80 kilometers northwest of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, with a total area of 240 square kilometers. Including Hongshi Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Quanpu Gorge, Qinglong Gorge, Linfeng Gorge, Zifang Lake, Cornus officinalis Peak, Diecai Cave, Macaque Valley, Baijiayan and Wanshan Temple? . Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area is named after the high mountains and steep slopes and the misty peaks and valleys all year round. The main peak of Yuntai Mountain, Cornus officinalis Peak, is1.308m above sea level, and there is Yuntai Waterfall with a drop of 31.4m.. It is one of the largest waterfalls found in China, located at the end of the spring waterfall gorge.
On February 13, 2004, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area was selected as the first batch of world geoparks by UNESCO. On May 8, 2007, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area was approved as a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. In June 20 14, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area was listed as a natural scenery tourism project in key tourist areas of resource-based cities.
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Yuntai Mountain has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. Four distinct seasons, dry and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, cool in autumn and dry and cold in winter. Due to the barrier function of Taihang Mountain system in the north, the leeward is sunny. The plain is a high temperature and little rain area in northern Henan. The mountainous terrain is complex, and the climate changes with altitude and mountain shape, with obvious differences.
Henan province is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the south of North China Plain. Geographical coordinates: east longitude 1 10 west longitude 2 1', east longitude 1 16 39', spanning longitude 6 18', with a straight line distance of about 580 kilometers; It spans 4 59' from 3123' south latitude to 36 22' north latitude, and the linear distance is about 550 kilometers. Shandong and Anhui in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Hebei and Shanxi in the north and Hubei in the south; The total area of the province is 6.5438+0.67 million square kilometers.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuntai Mountain
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Henan Province