Danxia landform
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The Danxia landform is a set of landscapes found in southeast, southwest and northwest China that "consist of a red bed characterized by steep cliffs". It is a unique type of petrographic geomorpholog
Hiking trail at Tianyou Peak
Red Cliff
Mount Langshan in Hunan, Picture 49
38997 Danxiashan
Zhangye National Geopark
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Zhangye National Geopark is located in Sunan and Linze counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, in Gansu, China. It covers 322 square kilometres. The site became a quasi-national geopark
Danxia landform
…6 regions above is 73,945 hectares (182,720 acres), and the total buffer area is 65,446 hectares (161,720 acres). Other notable danxia areas, such as Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park, are not included in the World Heritage Site. Around 80 million years ago (Ma) cretaceous red sandstone and conglomerate was laid down by sedimentation…
Badlands of Zhangye National Geopark
Layers in the geopark
Landscape of Zhangye National Geopark
Buildings in Zhangye National Geopark