Abstract
China Danxia comprises six famous Danxia landform scenic spots in humid areas in southern China and they are as follows: Chishui in Guizhou, Taining in Fujian, Mount Langshan in Hunan, Mount Danxia in Guangdong, Mount Longhu in Jiangxi, and Mount Jianglang in Zhejiang. Each of these sites represents different developmental stages and different types of Danxia landforms. “Danxia landform” is a geomorphologic landscape name put forward by Chinese geologists in the 1920s; it is named after Mount Danxia in Guangdong. The rock layer forming Danxia landforms was originally a reddish arenite which had been deposited in the inland basin. With the subsequent uplift of the earth's crust, the rock was incised and eroded by flowing water. Slope collapse then exposed the preserved red sandstone layer included on the World Heritage List. The China Danxia series not only represents a continuous evolution of interesting and rare natural phenomena, but is also an outstanding example of landform evolution.
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Huadong, G. (2013). China Danxia. In: Huadong, G. (eds) Atlas of Remote Sensing for World Heritage: China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32823-7_44
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