The first batch:
Zhangjiajie World Geopark, Hunan Province
Zhangjiajie World Geopark is located in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, with a total area of 3,600 square kilometers. The main types of geological relics are sandstone peak forest landform and karst cave.
Devonian (350-400 million years ago) thick timely sandstone is exposed in the distribution area of Geopark. Due to the gentle occurrence of rock strata and the development of vertical joints, it is influenced by internal and external geological dynamic actions such as late crustal movement, gravity collapse and rain erosion, forming a peculiar sandstone peak forest landscape. There are more than 3,000 stone cliffs in the park, of which 1 stands more than 200 meters high. Others include Fangshan, rock walls, Tianshengqiao, canyons and other sculptural landforms, as well as karst cave landscapes developed in Triassic limestone.
The park is densely forested with rare plants such as Ginkgo biloba, Davidia involucrata, Taxus chinensis and gooseberry, which provide physical specimens for studying biological evolution.
◎ Jiangxi Lushan World Geopark
The total area is 500 square kilometers, and the main types of geological relics are geological landforms and geological sections. There are horst-block mountains and Quaternary glacial remains, Quaternary glacial stratigraphic sections and early Proterozoic Xing Zi rock group stratigraphic sections in the Geopark. The preservation system is complete, rich and diverse, and it has extremely high aesthetic and scientific value. Lushan Mountain has an elegant environment, a long cultural history and rich cultural landscape.
◎ Guangdong Danxia Mountain World Geopark
Guangdong Danxia Mountain World Geopark is located at the junction of Renhua County and Qujiang County in the northeast of Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. East-west width of Geopark17.5km; It is 22.9 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 290 square kilometers, of which Danxia landform is concentrated in 180 square kilometers. There is a kind of landform in the world, which is composed of red continental glutenite and characterized by red cliff. It is called Danxia landform, and Danxia Mountain is the name of this special landform.
Danxia Mountain is located in an intermountain basin on the south side of Nanling Mountains. The whole structure is red-bed peak forest, with more than 380 stone peaks, stone castles, stone walls and stone pillars. Bazhai, the main peak, is 6 18 meters above sea level, and most peaks are between 300 and 400 meters. It is rugged, patchwork, with various shapes and changeable weather.
Danxia Mountain is composed of red glutenite and is characterized by Chibi and Chibi. It looks like layers of red city and clouds. The ancients called it Danxia Mountain, which means "the color is like lotus, and the brightness is like blue sky". Danxia Mountain, also known as "China Hongshi Park", has been the first wonder mountain in Lingnan since ancient times.
The material basis of Danxia landform is red river and lake glutenite formed in the late Cretaceous about 70-90 million years ago. About 65 million years ago, due to the influence of tectonic movement, many faults and joints occurred in this area, which also turned the whole Danxia basin into a denudation area. The Himalayan movement, which began about 23 million years ago, led to the rapid rise of the region. In the long years, the intermittent uplift has caused earth-shaking changes in the landform of this area, and the geological process has shaped this area very beautifully.
The whole mountain area has preserved a good subtropical evergreen forest with lush seasons, full of green. In addition to the beautiful natural scenery, Danxia Mountain World Park also has a well-preserved ecological environment, original ecological communities on hilltops and valleys, ancient and famous trees and wild animals, as well as various ancient relics of Danxia landform in history, which attract countless domestic and foreign tourists.
◎ Anhui Huangshan World Geopark
Huangshan Scenic Area in Anhui Province was rated as a national geological park at the end of 20001,and was included in the list of the first world geological parks recommended by the government of China to the United Nations in 2003. It covers an area of about 1200 square kilometers and belongs to granite peak forest landscape. It is famous for its magnificent scenery, steep peaks and grotesque rocks. The top of the mountain is steep, and the foot of the mountain falls straight to the bottom of the valley, forming a medium-high mountain terrain with steep peaks. The Qifeng in the area stands majestic; Pine, tall and straight; Jieshi is rugged, such as sculpture; The sea of clouds is vast and magnificent; Hot spring water heats up and spews out. Huangshan Mountain shows the perfect harmony of nature with its three wonders of "strange pines, strange rocks and sea of clouds" and rich waterscape. Huangshan Scenic Area has become one of the few places in the world with three laurels of world culture, natural heritage and world geological park.
◎ Yuntaishan World Geopark, Henan Province
Yuntaishan World Geopark is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province. It is named after the height of the mountain, the knife of the peak and the common clouds. The landscape in the park is complex, undulating, with many deep valleys and cliffs, which is a typical structural denudation landform. More than 70 natural landscapes have been developed in 7 categories/kloc-0, including systematic and unique strata, rocks and minerals tourism resources, typical geological structure tourism resources, steep and beautiful structural erosion tourism resources, strange and diverse cave tourism resources, unique eco-tourism resources and long-standing humanistic tourism resources.
◎ Heilongjiang Wudalianchi World Geopark
Wudalianchi World Geopark is located in wudalianchi city, Heilongjiang Province, with a total area of 720 square kilometers. The main types of geological relics are volcanic geology and landforms.
Wudalianchi is the most complete, typical and up-to-date volcanic group in the world, and is known as "China Volcano Museum". Because there are abundant mineral springs with medical value, it is also called "the hometown of mineral water in China". There are 14 volcanoes regularly distributed in the park, of which 12 was formed in the geological period from120,000 to10,000,17/9 ~172/kloc-. Volcanic cones have appeared in this area, and the volcanoes in the cones are well preserved. The lava flow from the crater is as long as 10 km, blocking the river channel and forming five beaded lakes-Wudalianchi. There are various types of lava landforms here, such as volcanic spray cones and spray disks, typical rope lava, flower lava and various pictographic lava, and volcanic bombs, pumice and lava tunnels with high aesthetic value. With fresh air, elegant environment, lakes and mountains, the park is a rare scientific tourism, holiday and recuperation resort.
◎ Yunnan Shilin World Geopark
Known as "the first wonder in the world", Yunnan Shilin Park has a total area of 400 square kilometers. The main type of geological relics is karst geological landform, which is a karst geological park with Shilin landform as the main landscape. The main morphological types of stone forest are sword-shaped, tower-shaped, mushroom-shaped and irregular cylindrical. In particular, the stone pillars that appear one after another here look like a forest from a distance. People call them "Stone Forest" when they look at things, and the word Stone Forest comes from this. Stone forest has beautiful landform, similar to people and things, reaching a very high level in aesthetics and having high tourism value. The Yi people in the park have rich customs and pleasant environment, which forms a harmonious beauty of harmonious coexistence between man and nature with the landform of Shilin. Yunnan Shilin organically integrates local culture, geological formation, ecological protection and perfect management, which is unparalleled in the world.
◎ Henan Songshan World Geopark
Henan Songshan World Geopark is located in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, with a total area of 450 square kilometers. The main types of geological relics are geological (including structural) sections.
Songshan Mountain is located in the southern margin of the ancient land in North China. Since 3.5 billion years, strata in Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic geological history have been continuously and completely exposed, with clear stratigraphic sequence and typical structural characteristics. Called "five generations under one roof" by geological circles, it is actually a complete stone book on the history of the earth.
Songshan Mountain is one of the famous "Five Mountains" in China-"Zhongyue", with many cultural landscapes, including more than 270 temples, five halls, five palaces, three views, four halls, four caves, three altars and four pagodas. It is a gathering place of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism in history. Together with rare geological relics, it has formed a three-dimensional, multi-level and multi-functional world geological park landscape.
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