Nature shapes cool landscapes
August 19, 2012, Sunday
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CHINA Danxia is a serial property comprising six component parts (Chishui, Taining, Langshan, Danxiashan, Longhushan and Jianglangshan) found in the sub-tropical zone of southeastern China within an approximately 1,700-kilometer crescent-shaped arc from Guizhou Province to Zhejiang Province.
China Danxia is a name given to landscapes developed on continental red terrigenous sedimentary beds influenced by endogenous forces (including uplift) and exogenous forces (including weathering and erosion). It is characterized by spectacular red cliffs and a range of erosional landforms, including dramatic pillars, towers, ravines, valleys and waterfalls. The development process is characterized by a particular rock sequence, tectonic background, climatic conditions, erosional processes and landforms and these processes have been presented as an interim model.
Due to various factors, Danxia landforms have been developed in red sedimentary sequences continuously from the Neogene until the present. The six component parts represent the most important examples of "least eroded" to "most eroded" Danxia landforms, providing a range of different aspects.
Danxia is inscribed in the list of World Heritage by UNESCO in 2010.
China Danxia is a name given to landscapes developed on continental red terrigenous sedimentary beds influenced by endogenous forces (including uplift) and exogenous forces (including weathering and erosion). It is characterized by spectacular red cliffs and a range of erosional landforms, including dramatic pillars, towers, ravines, valleys and waterfalls. The development process is characterized by a particular rock sequence, tectonic background, climatic conditions, erosional processes and landforms and these processes have been presented as an interim model.
Due to various factors, Danxia landforms have been developed in red sedimentary sequences continuously from the Neogene until the present. The six component parts represent the most important examples of "least eroded" to "most eroded" Danxia landforms, providing a range of different aspects.
Danxia is inscribed in the list of World Heritage by UNESCO in 2010.
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