Celebrating Earth HeritageAlxa Desert UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China. According to the types and geographical distribution of its geoheritage, Alxa Desert UNESCO Global Geopark consists of three geo-regions: the Badan Jaran Geo-region, the Tengger Geo-region and the Juyan Geo-region.Located in the east part of the Yinshan Mountains, ...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Arxan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the jurisdiction of Xing’an League in China’s Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia. Arxan is a mid-low mountain region situated in the southwestern part of the middle section of the Daxing’anling range. The elevation ranges from 820 to 1,750 meters, with an average of 1,100 meters. The UNESCO Global Geopark has a cold, temperat...
Celebrating Earth HeritageDali-Cangshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in China’s Yunnan province. Dali-Cangshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the central section of the Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, including Dali City, Yangbi County and Eryuan County.Located in western Yunnan Province at the southern end of the lofty Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Mount Cangshan is ayoung mountain forme...
Celebrating Earth HeritageDanxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark is the Redstone Park of China. It is located in the northeast of Shaoguan City in Guangdong Province and has a total area of 290 km2, about half of it is densely covered by ‘danxia landform’. Its highest peak is Bazhai with an elevation of 619 metres. Danxiashan has long been a national park and nature reserve. It became an UNESCO Global G...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Dunhuang UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the City of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, People’s Republic of China. Located in the Anxi-Dunhuang Graben Basin, east of the Tarim plate, Dunhuang UNESCO Global Geopark is rich in geoheritage of great scientific value, as well as significant value in geo-education and geotourism. The most representative geoheritage is the Yard...
Celebrating Earth HeritageFangshan UNESCO Global Geopark of China is in the Asia Pacific region, set on the border of southwestern Beijing and Hebei Province. The Geopark spreads across two provincial and municipal jurisdictions and three districts and counties, covering the Fangshan District of Beijing, Laishui County and Laiyuan County of Hebei Province. Sea-level elevation ranges from 26 to 2,1...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Funiushan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in Funiushan mountain area in Henan Province, China. The tectonic geology at Mount Funiushan reveals the Archean break-up and separation of the continental crust more than 2.5 billion years ago. The geomorphic landscapes in the Funiushan UNESCO Global Geopark demonstrate tectonic movement – particularly a diversity of granit...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Guangwushan-Nuoshuihe UNESCO Global Geopark is located in Bazhong, Sichuan Province of southwest China. This region has a subtropical monsoon climate. The Geopark’s topography consists of moderate to deep cut mountains with higher altitudes in the north and lower altitudes in the south. Guangwushan, the main peak of Micang Mountain, with a height of 2,507 meters, is t...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Hexigten UNESCO Global Geopark is located in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the junction of the Great Xing'an Mountains and Hunshandak Desert. Hexigten is at the junction of three important landforms, Daxing’anling Ranges, Yanshan Mountains and Otindag Sandy Land. Hexigten UNESCO Global Geopark is characterized by its unique, beautiful, systematic an...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Situated in close proximity to Hong Kong’s world-famous financial and business centre, which is also a food and shopping paradise, Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark of China is lauded as a unique “Geopark in the City”, with the city centre a mere one-hour bus or car ride away. Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark’s major geoattractions include well-outcropped acidic volcani...
