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Zhangye National Geopark (simplified Chinese: 张掖国家地质公园; traditional Chinese: 張掖國家地質公園; pinyin: Zhāngyè Guójiā Dìzhìgōngyuán) is located in Sunan and Linze counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, in Gansu, China. It covers an area of 322 square kilometres (124 sq mi). The site became a quasi ...
It was then approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources as Zhangjiajie Sandstone Peak Forest National Geopark (3,600 km 2 (1,400 sq mi)) in 2001. In 2004, Zhangjiajie geopark was listed as a UNESCO global geopark. [citation needed] The most notable geographic features of the park are the pillar-like formations that are seen throughout the park.
View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap: Captions. English. Badlands of the Zhangye National Geopark, Linze, Zhangye, Gansu, China. Items portrayed in ...
Geology of China. Clockwise from upper left: Li River karst, Mount Everest 's north face, loess landscape in Datong and Zhangye National Geopark. The geology of China (or the geological structure of the People's Republic of China) consists of three Precambrian cratons surrounded by a number of orogenic belts.
Z. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Zhangye National Geopark. Ziyuan National Geopark. Categories: Parks in China. Geology of China. Geoparks in Asia. Protected areas of China.
The Global Geoparks Network (GGN) (also known as the Global Network of National Geoparks) is UNESCO assisted network established in 1998. Managed under the body's Ecological and Earth Sciences Division, the GGN seeks the promotion and conservation of the planet's geological heritage, as well as encourages the sustainable research and development by the concerned communities.
Zhangye (simplified Chinese: 张掖; traditional Chinese: 張掖; pinyin: Zhāngyè), formerly romanized as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south.
September 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM. A crested sculpin in Alaska. Shane Gross/Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024. The Ocean Photographer of the Year awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest ...