Celebrating Earth Heritage Wudalianchi UNESCO Global Geopark is situated in the middle-north part of Heilongjiang Province, the People’s Republic of China. The UNESCO Global Geopark is 380 km from Harbin (the capital city of Heilongjiang Province) in the South, 230 km from Blagoveshchensk, a Russian open port city in the North. Wudalianchi UNESCO Global Geopark boasts geological and geomorphol...
Celebrating Earth HeritageSituated in Xingwen County, Yibin, Sichuan province, China, with an average altitude of 389-1,795 meters, Xingwen UNESCO Global Geopark is part of the transitional zone of the Sichuan Basin and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and comprises of four scenic areas: the surface karst and ground caves; Mount Bowangshan; Tai'an karst forest; and Mount Lingxiaoshan.Across Xingwen ...
Celebrating Earth HeritageGeological features and geology of international significance Xiangxi Geopark, which lies in the southeastern fringe areas of Yangtze Platform in China and just next to South China Landmass ,records the evolutionary history of the 820 million-year-old Yangtze Platform. It is aforeland basin that has been developed on the basis of the Middle and Upper Yangtze Craton, and h...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Yandangshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in Zhejiang Province, China. Geologically, Yandangshan UNESCO Global Geopark lies on the southern edge of the Pacific Rim on the Asian continent – the structural domain where China borders the Pacific. The terrain of the Geopark includes the 900-1100m mountains, such as Bai Gangjian, Wu Yanjian and Yan Hugang, which are a n...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Yanqing UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the northwestern part of Beijing. The UNESCO Global Geopark is to the west and north of Changping, east of Mount Songshan, south of Chicheng of Hebei province. Based on geoheritage resources and distribution, Yanqing UNESCO Global Geopark is divided into four scenic areas: the Longqingxia and Guyaju Scenic Areas are in the w...
Celebrating Earth HeritageThe Yimengshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located on the uplift belt on the eastern coast of China, near Jinan City, the capital of Shandong Province. It covers an area of 1,804 km2. This mountainous area is currently home to approximately 641,400 people. The west, north and south of the Geopark are hills and the central area is flat. The economy is dominated by agriculture...
Celebrating Earth Heritage The Yuntaishan UNESCO Global Geopark of China is located north of Jiaozuo City, in the southern foothills of Taihangshan Mountains. The Geopark is characterized by its rifting tectonics, and spectacular landscapes formed by hydrodynamic processes, in combination with its natural ecologic and cultural relic scenery. The Geopark consists of a series of geological relic...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Zhangjiajie UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province of China. Zhangjiajie UNESCO Global Geopark is an integrated Geopark, with sandstone peak forest landforms predominating most of the area and karst caves, water bodies and other landforms covering the remaining terrain. The UNESCO Global Geopark also preserve...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Zhangye Geopark is adjacent to the Alxa block to the north and to the south to the Middle Qilian block, belonging to the transitional zone of the Qilian Caledonian fold belt and the Alxa block. The unique geographical location and complex geological process have created rich and typical geoheritage in the Geopark, making Zhangye Geopark a collection of Nine-Spring ophio...
Celebrating Earth Heritage Zhijindong Cave UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the west of Guizhou Plateau, and in the Zhijin County and Qianxi County of Bijie City, Guizhou Province. The UNESCO Global Geopark is composed of three scenic areas: Zhijindong Cave Scenic Area, Qijiehe River Scenic Area and Dongfenghu Lake Scenic Area, respectively matching with three karst geomorphic units with the...
