Hidden Waters of Southwest China's Karst Region
The vast, yet inaccessible, underground waters in southwest Yunnan Province represent the front lines of China's freshwater crisis. Two openings in the earth — Shi Dong and Nan Dong caves, where the Yang Liu River slips into and out of the shadows — mark the point where a fluvial region, rich with surface streams, meets an unusual geologic formation of soluble rock layers known as a karst landscape.
It is also a fateful human-dividing line; a place where China's challenges with water scarcity, land use, and pollution come into clear focus.
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I Was A Geology Tour Guide In China
While on a family vacation in June 1996 (a whirlwind tour of 10 cities in China within 17 days), our local tour guide, Susana Yang, upon hearing that I was a geologist, asked me if I could explain the karst topography and geology of Guilin to the guests on the tour bus, which I promptly did with no advance preparation. (All those prior years of teaching college earth science sure came in handy.)
Exploring the Biggest Cave in China | Yunnan Travel Guide
No visit to China is complete without visiting the amazing Jiuxiang karst caves. Known as the museum of karst caves, Jiuxiang scenic area contains more than 100 karst caves and is the largest cave group system in China. The biggest cave in China is located in the Yunnan province, about an hour away from Kunming.
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CCTV Airs Live China's Topographic Features to Mark National Day
A special documentary produced by China Central Television (CCTV) to mark the National Day demonstrated the distinctive topographic features of the world's third largest country on Wednesday.
Karst landscapes are widely distributed in China and it is in south China that the most typical and diverse Karst landforms developed. The county of Wulong in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is one of the representatives of the topographic feature in China.
Wulong Karst landscapes consist of Three Natural Bridges, Houping Giant Doline (Houping Tiankeng) and Furong Cave, developing under the condition of intermittent uplifting movement of the earth.
Furong Cave, literally Lotus Cave, is the only cave in China that is listed as the World Natural Heritage, and it is one of the three largest caves in the world.
Yardang landform in northwest China's Gansu Province, is known for its dramatic forms and unique layout. The landform, formed by wind erosion, is a rare natural museum of natural sculptures.
The landscape formed with blue sky, gobi desert gives visitors a simple sketch of western area in China.
Yardang National Park is a wonderful geological park with large scale of Yardang landform. It is located 180 kilometers northwest from Dunhuang City and covers an area of 398 square kilometers.
Danxia landform, is a unique type of red-colored sandstone, forming steep cliffs and pillars.
Chishui Danxia landform, located in Chishui City, in southwest China's Guizhou Province demonstrates the richness of the Danxia landform diversity. It covers an area of over 1,200 square kilometers.
Spinulose tree fern was the main food source for dinosaurs. The green plant sets off the beautify of the flaming cliffs of Chishui Danxia.
The homeland of red-crowned cranes, Zhalong Nature Reserve is located in the city of Qiqihar in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The wetland is China's precious waterfowl protective area, and an ideal home for over 300 different species of birds.
The mountain spring known as Yueya, at the northern foot of the Mingsha Hill (a shifting sand hill) is located 5 kilometers from the city of Dunhuang. The spring is nearly 100 meters long and about 25 meters wide, with the deepest part being about 5 meters. It bends like a crescent moon, hence its name.
The Jade Gate Pass, also known as Yumen Pass, more than 70 kilometers away from Dunhuang City used to an important pass along the Silk Road. Now the Belt and Road initiative gives it a new connotation.More on:
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Karst Topography: The Final Countdown
This video was made by two Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets who are roommates and good friends for a Geography class at the Texas A&M Galveston campus. It focuses on karst topography of the state of Florida.
Walhi Advokasi Nasional Selamatkan Karst
(Antara)-Wahanan Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) menilai kawasan Karst (Pegunungan Kapur) memiliki potensi dan manfaat yang penting bagi ekosistem dan manusia. Selain itu walhi juga memandang Karst sebagai daerah tangkapan dan penanampungan air, habitat satwa khas dan unik (Endemik), lokasi wisata alam, budaya dan penelitian ilmiah.
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Interesting Facts about Limestone and Karst Landscapes
Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is made mostly of calcium carbonate in the form of the mineral calcite. Earth has an abundant resource of limestone and its natural process of weathering creates Karst Landscapes. Earth Facts will help you understand how Limestone contributes to the Earth's majestic Geology and uncover the mysteries behind canyons and caves. To know more visit our website at
Yunnan | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:28 1 History
00:02:37 1.1 Prehistory
00:03:07 1.2 Pre-Nanzhao period
00:06:10 1.3 Nanzhao period
00:11:11 1.4 Dali Kingdom
00:12:15 1.5 Ming and Qing dynasties
00:14:43 1.6 Post-Imperial
00:16:26 1.7 Naturalists
00:17:40 2 Geography
00:18:48 2.1 Geology
00:20:06 2.2 Paleontology
00:20:24 2.3 Climate
00:21:52 2.4 Topography
00:23:30 2.5 Borders
00:24:21 2.6 Lakes
00:25:14 2.7 Rivers
00:26:52 2.8 Biodiversity
00:29:28 2.9 Designation
00:30:19 2.10 Natural resources
00:32:09 2.10.1 Drought
00:32:41 3 Scenic areas
00:32:51 3.1 National parks
00:33:12 3.2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
00:33:48 4 Governance
00:33:56 4.1 Administrative divisions
00:34:37 4.1.1 Urban areas
00:34:45 4.2 Politics
00:38:28 5 Demographics
00:38:37 5.1 Ethnicity
00:40:34 5.2 Languages
00:42:05 5.3 Literacy
00:42:41 5.4 Religion
00:44:22 6 Agriculture
00:47:14 7 Economy
00:52:59 7.1 Economic and Technological Development Zones
00:58:04 8 Education
01:00:37 9 Health
01:00:57 9.1 HIV-AIDS
01:01:09 10 Transport
01:01:18 10.1 Railways
01:03:55 10.2 Burma Road
01:05:29 10.3 Highways
01:07:34 10.3.1 Expressways
01:08:57 10.4 Waterways
01:09:57 10.5 Airports
01:10:55 10.6 Bridges
01:11:44 10.7 Metro
01:12:02 11 Culture
01:13:08 11.1 Eighteen Oddities of Yunnan
01:13:17 11.2 Cuisine
01:13:25 11.3 Tea
01:13:53 11.4 Music
01:14:01 11.5 Chinese medicine
01:14:22 11.6 Tourism
01:17:53 11.7 Places of interest
01:18:29 11.8 Sport
01:18:55 12 See also
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Yunnan (云南) is a province of China. Located in Southwest China, the province spans approximately 394,000 square kilometres (152,000 sq mi) and has a population of 47.368 million (as of 2015). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan. The province borders the Chinese provinces Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region, as well as the countries Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Most of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the altitude can vary from the mountain peaks to river valleys by as much as 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has perhaps 17,000 or more. Yunnan's reserves of aluminium, lead, zinc and tin are the largest in China, and there are also major reserves of copper and nickel.
The Han Empire first recorded diplomatic relations with the province at the end of the 2nd century BC. It became the seat of a Sino-Tibetan-speaking kingdom of Nanzhao in the 8th century AD. Nanzhao was multi-ethnic, but the elite most-likely spoke a northern dialect of Yi. The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, followed by the Ming dynasty.
From the Yuan dynasty onward, the area was part of a central-government sponsored population movement towards the southwestern frontier, with two major waves of migrants arriving from Han-majority areas in northern and southeast China. As with other parts of China's southwest, Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced another migration of Han people into the region. These two waves of migration contributed to Yunnan being one of the most ethnically diverse provinces of China, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 34 percent of its total population. Major ethnic groups include Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai and Miao.
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Yunnan (云南) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country. It spans approximately 394,000 square kilometres (152,000 sq mi) and has a population of 45.7 million (as of 2009). The capital of the province is Kunming, formerly also known as Yunnan. The province borders the Chinese provinces Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the countries Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with high elevations in the northwest and low elevations in the southeast. Most of the population lives in the eastern part of the province. In the west, the altitude can vary from the mountain peaks to river valleys as much as 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). Yunnan is rich in natural resources and has the largest diversity of plant life in China. Of the approximately 30,000 species of higher plants in China, Yunnan has perhaps 17,000 or more. Yunnan's reserves of aluminium, lead, zinc and tin are the largest in China, and there are also major reserves of copper and nickel.
The Han Empire first recorded diplomatic relations with the province at the end of the 2nd century BC. It became the seat of a Sino-Tibetan-speaking kingdom of Nanzhao in the 8th century AD. Nanzhao was multi-ethnic, but the elite most-likely spoke a northern dialect of Yi. The Mongols conquered the region in the 13th century, with local control exercised by warlords until the 1930s. From the Yuan dynasty onward, the area was part of a central-government sponsored population movement towards the southwestern frontier, with two major waves of migrants arriving from Han-majority areas in northern and southeast China. As with other parts of China's southwest, Japanese occupation in the north during World War II forced another migration of majority Han people into the region. These two waves of migration contributed to Yunnan being one of the most ethnically diverse provinces of China, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 34 percent of its total population. Major ethnic groups include Yi, Bai, Hani, Zhuang, Dai and Miao.
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Hạ Long Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long, About this sound listen, literally: descending dragon bay) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and the part of Vân Đồn District. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Hạ Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tử Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.