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Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark

Geosites

Qinling Zhongnanshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the east of Asia, in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China. Special geological heritage, valuable flora and fauna, ancient human heritage, religious culture and other integrated landscape resources constitute a three-dimensional, multi-level landscape effect, with 411 geological heritages.

Main types and names of geological heritages

Category

Sub-category

Name

Orogenic zone geological heritage

Stratigraphy geological heritage

Paleoproterozoic Qinling Group; Middle Proterozoic Kuanping Group; Neoproterozoic Songshugou Formation; Lower Paleozoic Danfeng Group; Lower Paleozoic Erlangping Group; Devonian; Carboniferous; Permian; Triassic; Jurassic; Paleogene; Neogene; Quaternary

Magmatitegeological heritage

Lantian rock mass; Baliping granite mass; Taibaishan-Houzhenzi rock mass; Cuihuashan rock mass

Heritage of volcanic rocks; sub-volcanic rocks of Chenjiahekou

Metamorphicsgeological heritage

Gneiss; migmatites; schist; amphibolite; marble; phyllite

Sediment geological heritage

Conglomerate; sandstone; mudstone

Structure geological heritage

Suture of plates; rift zone, obduction and nappe structure in Liuyehe area; extensional structure; strike-slip fault; normal fault; fold

The Quaternary geological heritage

Quaternary glacier geological heritage

Stone sea; pyramidal peaks; trough valley; cirques; riegel; glacial staircase; cirque lake

Neotectonicsgeological heritage

Weihe rift zone; Lishan faulting block; geothermal resources

Geomorphology geological heritage

Mountain collapse-slide geological heritage

Barrier Lake; barrier dam; stone sea; free surface; residual peaks; windy cave; icy cave; thin strip of sky; stone wall

Granitic landform geological heritage

Granite peaks and ridges; spheroidal weathering of granite

Periglacial landform geological heritage

Stone stream; stone run; stone sea

Canyon landform geological heritage

Heihe canyon; Fengyu valley

Heritage of Homo erectus

The Gongwangling heritage site of the Homo erectus lantienensis; the heritage site of the Chenjiawozi Homo erectus

Hydrogeology geological heritage

Waterfall

Jiutian waterfall; Shixiu waterfall; Yingya waterfall; Feitian waterfall; Longyun waterfall; Guatian waterfall; Longtan waterfall; Yudai waterfall; Xianheqiao waterfall; Caihong waterfall; Juwongtan waterfall; Xianlei waterfall

Hot spring

Hot springs in the area of Huaqing Pool

Water pond

Heilong Pond; Riyue Pond; Juwong Pond

Engineering geology geological heritage

 

Heritage sites of Ziwu Plank Road (Shaanxi-Sichuan); Wuguan Plank Road (Shaanxi-Henan); Dangluo Plank Road (Shaanxi-Sichuan); the Zhongnanshan tunnel on the high way from Baotou to Maoming