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Karst region a world treasure
September 2, 2012, Sunday
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THE South China Karst region extends over a surface of 500,000 square kilometers lying mainly in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. It represents one of the world's most spectacular examples of humid tropical to subtropical karst landscapes.
The stone forests of Shilin are considered superlative natural phenomena and a world reference with a wider range of shapes other than karst landscapes with pinnacles, and a higher diversity of shapes and changing colors. Major developments in the stone forests of Shilin occurred over some 270 million years during four major geological time periods from the Permian to present, illustrating the episodic nature of the evolution of these karst features.
The cone and tower karsts of Libo, considered the world reference site for these types of karst, form a distinctive and beautiful landscape. Libo contains carbonate outcrops that erosive processes shaped over millions of years into impressive fengcong (cone) and fenglin (tower) karsts.
Wulong Karst features giant dolines (sinkholes), natural bridges and caves. Wulong represents high inland karst plateaus that have experienced considerable uplift.
The South China Karst region was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2007.
The stone forests of Shilin are considered superlative natural phenomena and a world reference with a wider range of shapes other than karst landscapes with pinnacles, and a higher diversity of shapes and changing colors. Major developments in the stone forests of Shilin occurred over some 270 million years during four major geological time periods from the Permian to present, illustrating the episodic nature of the evolution of these karst features.
The cone and tower karsts of Libo, considered the world reference site for these types of karst, form a distinctive and beautiful landscape. Libo contains carbonate outcrops that erosive processes shaped over millions of years into impressive fengcong (cone) and fenglin (tower) karsts.
Wulong Karst features giant dolines (sinkholes), natural bridges and caves. Wulong represents high inland karst plateaus that have experienced considerable uplift.
The South China Karst region was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2007.
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