Wudalianchi Scenic Spots  Date de soumission : 29/11/2001
Critères: (viii)(ix) Catégorie : Naturel Soumis par :
Coordonnées 48°34'-48°50' N / 126°00'-126°26' E Ref.: 1632
The Wudalianchi is one of the first batch of state scenic spots
areas approved though the State Council in 1982, and a state-
level nature reserve approved in 1996. There are the most
typical and perfect vestiges of modern volcanic eruption in
China, and the world- known volcano-related mineral spring
water. The Wudalianchi volcanic cluster is situated in the E-W
tectonic belt at the junction between Xiaohinggan Mts. Uplift
and Song-Nen depression. The volanic eruption was related to the
faulting activity between the above-mentioned two tectonic
units. One of the major sets of fault trends 42 NE,i.e. the
Cathaysian lineament, which controls the direction of volcanoes;
the other set of fault trends NW-SE, intersecting the former at
an angle about 90 ,where the basic lava erupted through their
intersections to the surface to give rise to v