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Karst

China is one of the countries with the largest carbonate rock formations in the world, has evolved in the South China karst landforms more ideal and versatile. It is believed that the Karst region of South China, which is based in Guizhou Province and covers 600,000 square kilometers it is the largest karst area in one place in the world, including eastern Yunnan Province, most of Guizhou, with a major extension in parts of Chongqing, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong. With a high plateau (at a rate higher from 2000 to 2200) in the north-west and a low flat plain (average height 100-120) in the south-east and the overall topography is characterized by a huge slope descends from the northwest to the southeast.

Karst is the South China the title of a series of requests from the Chinese government for inclusion in the World Natural Heritage List. The property consists of candidate (Phase I) in three regions of Chongqing Wulong Karst (Strait), Libo Karst Bakoicho (the top of a volcano) and Yunnan Shilin Karst (summit). And covers the total area of the three sites volcanic summit area of 476 sq km area and buffer zones area of 984 square kilometers.

And reflect the karst areas from different perspectives in a comprehensive natural features unique to the South China Karst region and highlights the specificity and representation of ground karst formations and ecosystem and biodiversity of Karst and extraordinary natural beauty.

And geology, is located in south China Karst region on the edge of western South vast land area of the Yangtze River, and in most of the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic (from Cambrian to Triassic) was this region is characterized by environment Oqunasah up less than it is now. And deposited layers of carbon with a thickness of thousands, especially in the late Paleozoic meters (Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian). Because the earth moves this region as the land rose from the late Triassic and started the development of karst formations ground. And brought the formation of the Himalayas since the late Tertiary over this region up fast decline resulted in the topography of the current decline.

The shift of geological complexity over the long rise to the formations ground karst diverse and exceptional in this region, including most of landforms typical karst in the world tower kart (Fenglin), karst summit (Stone Forest) summit of the volcano karst (Feng Kong), in addition to some of the phenomena karst unusual such as Tian King (Karst giant cavity) Difeng (crack deep Karst) and next to that, there are many amazing cave systems and underground deposits rich in caves. And makes all that this region of the world Museum sub-theme of the tropical continental karst because of his singing and unparalleled uniqueness.

In the Karst region of South China, the thick carbonate layers deposited from Cambrian to Triassic contain some of global importance, such as fossil dinosaur fossils Guizhou and others that are important to the record of life on Earth.

The candidate has a biologically diverse region rich and contain abundant numbers of rare breeds of domestic animals and plants exposed to the risk of extinction. There in Chongqing and Guizhou karst areas more than 6,000 upscale plants such as bombs is a rare breed and type of pine called Ariqarovil and Seixas Guizhou and Taxus Chinese and other strains endemic and endangered. And karst area this is not only home only to a multitude of animals that do not vary from wild animals, birds, amphibians, fish beside cave animals, but is also home to many of the local breeds and endangered, such as monkey Langurs, dark leopard spots, bird punishment and wild elk and other The candidate region is a haven for many species of plants and animals threatened with extinction.

And terrestrial karst formations contain rich and unique in the candidate region to offer exceptional natural beauty and many areas remained traditional scenic resorts for hundreds of years, including the Tian King in Chongqing, Stone Forest in Yunnan and Guizhou Falls and all natural wonders famous in the world.