Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park China's Rainbow Mountains
Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park
China's Rainbow Mountains
The Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park (Chinese: 张掖丹霞国家地质公园), also known as Zhangye Danxia (Landform) Geopark, is located near the city of Zhangye in China's northwestern Gansu province.
It covers an area of 510 square kilometres (200 sq mi). Formerly a provincial park and scenic area, it became a national geopark in November 2011.
The park is located in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, in the counties of Linze and Sunan, which are under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, Gansu province, China.
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Rainbow Hills / Zhangye Danxia National Park / Hindi
what a wonders of god's creation in the world, It's a amazing, miracle & awesome..........
The Zhangye National Geopark 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. The site became a quasi-national geopark on It was formally designated as Zhangye National Geopark by the Ministry of Land and Resources on June 16, 2016 after it has passed the on-site acceptance test. Known for its colorful rock formations, it has been voted by Chinese media outlets as one of the most beautiful landforms in China.
The core area of the park, Linze Danxia Scenic Area, is located 30 kilometres, west of downtown Zhangye and 20 kilometres south of the seat of Linze County. It is the most visited part of the park. A second scenic area, Binggou located on the north bank of Liyuan River. Binggou covers an area of 300 square kilometres.
Zhangye Danxia is known for the unusual colours of the rocks, which are smooth, sharp and several hundred meters tall. They are the result of deposits of sandstone and other minerals that occurred over 24 million years. The result, similar to a layer cake, is connected to the action of the same tectonic plates responsible for creating parts of the Himalayan mountains. Wind, rain, and time then sculpted extraordinary shapes, including towers, pillars, and ravines, with varying colours, patterns, and sizes.
Sailing Stone/Chalte Paththar :
Bioluminescent / Chamakato smudra :
Gate of Hell / Derweze, Turkmenistan / narak nu dwar :
Highway of clouds / Morning glory cloud :