Celebrating Earth Heritage Huanggang Dabieshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the Hubei Province in central China. The terrain is marked by higher elevations in the north and lower elevations in the south. Its unique location as part of the warm subtropical monsoon zone causes a humid climate, abundant rain and distinctive seasons, which have created a region with dazzling biodiversity. Th...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Huangshan UNESCO Global Geopark is situated in East China's Anhui Province. It is a geopark characterized by Mesozoic granite landscape. The elevation in the UNESCO Global Geopark ranges from 500-1,864m. Geomorphologically, the Huangshan area belongs to the Southeast Hilly Area in China. Huangshan Mountain is famous for its steep peaks of Mesozoic granite rising ...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Jingpohu UNESCO Global Geopark is situated in Ning'an of southeastern Heilongjiang, 97 kilometers north of Mudanjiang. The Geopark is centered on Jingpohu Mountain villa, west from Daganpao, east to Bohai village, south from Nanhutou and north to Hamatang. Jingpohu UNESCO Global Geopark is located at the north section of the Cenozoic magmatic rock zone in Eastern...
Celebrating Earth HeritageJiuhuashan, which translates to “Nine Glorious Mountains”, is aUNESCO Global Geopark located in the Qingyang County of China’s Anhui province. Four of these mountains hold sacred Buddhist temples at their peaks, some dating back to the fifth century CE. The geopark covers an area of 139.7km2 with apeak elevation of 1,344.4 m. Within this geopark, there are 57 geosites, i...
Celebrating Earth HeritageKeketuohai UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, in the inland area of Central Asia, in the Altay Prefecture. The Geopark is located in the middle part of the Altai Mountains. The altitude is between 1072 to 3234 m, and there are many incised valleys. The UNESCO Global Geopark is located at relatively high altitude in the inland ...
Celebrating Earth HeritageLeiqiong UNESCO Global Geopark is located at the southern margin of the Chinese mainland, straddling the Qiongzhou Strait. The geology is characterized by the Leiqiong Rift Volcanic Belt and holds records of the origin of the Leiqiong Rift and the spreading of the South China Sea Basin.There are 75 geoheritage sites in Leiqiong UNESCO Global Geopark, mostly volcanic. Abou...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Leye Fengshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southwestern China, including two administrative divisions: Leye County, belonging to Baise city, and Fengshan County, belonging to Hechi city. The UNESCO Global Geopark is primarily sedimentary with more than 60% of 3000m thick Devonian to Permian carbonate rocks. It forms an “S”-sha...
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 typica...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Lushan UNESCO Global Geopark covers an area of 500 km2 in Jiangxi Province, Eastern China. Lushan UNESCO Global Geopark is just located at the boundary between the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, belonging to the north of Jiangxi province, China. The great Yangtze River, the vast Poyang Lake and the beautiful Lushan Mountain come together to form a magn...
Celebrating Earth HeritageMount Kunlun UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the southwest part of Golmud, Qinghai Province.Situated at the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau hinterland, the tectonic setting of the UNESCO Global Geopark belongs to the colliding zone of Kangxiwar-South Kunlun-Madoi-Maqin. The UNESCO Global Geopark has experienced multiple times of complicated crustal evol...
