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Longhushan UNESCO Global Geopark
“The Geopark is multicultural, which involves Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. It is where Cliff Grave culture and Taoism originated”
Celebrating Earth Heritage
Located in China's Jiangxi Province, Longhushan UNESCO Global Geopark, including the integrated Longhushan Xiangshan and Guifeng parks, holds geological, geomorphological, human and natural ecological landscapes.
Longhushan UNESCO Global Geopark features Danxia landforms as well as volcanic landforms and tectonic landforms. The UNESCO Global Geopark boasts typical late mature stage Danxia landforms, with a full display of a complete development series of young-stage, mature stage, and old-stage Danxia landforms. The Danxia landform in the Geopark is a type example of geomorphologic processes from Earth’s past evolution, mainly presented as isolated peaks, peak clusters and monad-nocks. The geologic vestiges in the Geopark record abundant information about the Earth’s evolution since the Cretaceous (~145 million years ago), revealing important geological events such as deposition of red beds followed by erosion and tectonic processes that created some of the most intricately sculpted rocks in the world.
The landscapes of the UNESCO Global Geopark are abundant in numbers, unique in forms, and exotic in scenery. Green water harmoniously surrounds and reflects the red cliffs.
The Geopark is also the hibernacula of Chinese mergansers that are an endangered species.
Characteristics
Designation date
2015
Country(ies)
Transnational
No
Area (ha)
99,663
Population
86,000
Density
86
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