Danxia landform
Serial ID Number Name & Location Area
1335-001 Chishui - West Section Property : 10142 Ha Buffer zone : Ha
1335-002 Chishui - East Section Property : 17222 Ha Buffer zone : Ha
1335-003 Taining - North Section Property : 5277 Ha Buffer zone : Ha
1335-004 Taining -South Section Property : 5810 Ha Buffer zone : Ha
1335-005 Langshan Property : 6600 Ha Buffer zone : 6200 Ha
1335-006 Danxiashan Property : 16800 Ha Buffer zone : 12400 Ha
1335-007 Longhushan : Longhushan Section Property : 16950 Ha Buffer zone : Ha
1335-008 Longhushan : Guifeng Section Property : 2740 Ha Buffer zone : Ha
1335-009 Jianglangshan Property : 610 Ha Buffer zone : 571 Ha
China Danxia
China Danxia , or Danxia landform of China , is a subset of the Danxia landforms which , in August 2010 , entered the World Heritage List . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
The Danxia landform () refers to various landscapes found in southeast, southwest and northwest China that consist of a red bed characterized by steep cliffs. It is a unique type of petrographic geomorphology found in China. Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age. The landforms look very much like karst topography that forms in areas underlain by limestones, but since the rocks that form danxia are sandstones and conglomerates, they have been called pseudo-karst landforms. They were formed by endogenous forces (including uplift) and exogenous forces (including weathering and erosion). The first studies on what are now referred to as Danxia landforms were conducted at Mount Danxia near Shaoguan, China. In the 1920s and 1930s Chinese geologists made an effort to learn more about these interesting geomorphic structures. Danxia landforms are made up uplifted continental crust that has been faulted and eroded, exposing large scarps of layered rock, red in color. Danxia landforms cover several provinces in southeast China. Taining County, Fujian Province, has very good examples of young danxia landforms wherein deep, narrow valleys have been formed. As the landform gets older, valleys widen and one gets isolated towers and ridges.The danxia landform is named after Mount Danxia, one of the most famous examples of the danxia landform. A very peculiar feature of danxia landscape is the development of numerous caves of various sizes and shapes.