Tianzhushan Global Geopark
Tianzhushan Global Geopark is located in Qianshan City, Anhui Province, P.R. China. It is connected with Dabieshan in the northwest and borders on the Yangtze River in the southeast, with a total area of 413.14km2. The main peak is 1489.8m high, like a gigantic pillar propping up the heavens, so it is called“Tianzhu”(which literally means “Heavenly Pillar” in English). Tianzhushan Geopark is currently internationally recognized as an important area of UHP metamorphic belt, due to having the largest scale, deepest denudation, best exposure and most abundant UHP minerals and rock combinations in the world, recording the amazing geological process of the subduction, collision and turn-back of continental plates. Consequently, the area of Tianzhushan is one of the most typical areas for the study of continental dynamics. In addition, Tianzhushan Geopark is world-famous for its most beautiful granite landforms. In the Tancheng-Lujiang Fault Zone, the cave landscape formed by landslides and collapsed stacks of granite in particular has been named as a landscape with the “Tianzhushan type” collapsed and stacked stones. In addition, more than 50 species of vertebrate fossils with characteristics exclusive to Asia have been discovered in more than 20 sites within Tianzhushan Geopark, giving Tianzhushan a unique position in the research of the evolution of Paleocene mammals, and has led to it being recognized as“one of the places of origin of Asian mammals and a treasure trove of paleontological vertebrate fossils”.
Huangshan Global Geopark
Huangshan Global Geopark is situated in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, covering an area of 173.43km2. It is divided into nine management districts: Wenquan, Yuping, Beihai, Yungu, Songgu, Diaoqiao, Yanghu, Fuxi and Fugu. The geopark is primarily characterized by its granite peak forest landform. It also boasts typical geological heritage and rich ecological resources, including granite shaped rocks of various shapes, Quaternary glacial remnants, water landscapes, and rare flora and fauna. Huangshan is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site, a Global Geopark, and a Biosphere Reserve. Domestically, it is designated as a National Park of China, a National Civilized Scenic Tourist Area, and a National 5A-level Tourist Attraction. It is famous for its "Five Wonders" of exotic pines, grotesque rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs and winter snow, but also has a profound cultural heritage. Together with the Yangtze River, the great wall and the Yellow River, Huangshan is an outstanding representative of China's magnificent mountains and splendid culture and is known as the "fairyland on earth" and "the most wonderful mountain in the world".
Longhushan Global Geopark
Longhushan Global Geopark is located in Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, covering an area of 996.63 km2. It comprises Longhushan, Xiangshan and Guifeng parks. The geopark features Danxia landforms as well as volcanic landforms and tectonic landforms. It boasts typical late mature stage Danxia landforms, with a full display of a complete development series of young-stage, mature stage, and old-stage Danxia landforms. The landscapes of the geopark are abundant in numbers, unique in forms, and exotic in scenery. Green water harmoniously surrounds and reflects the red cliffs. The Danxia landforms are deeply integrated with Taoist culture, ancient Cliff Coffin Burying Customs, and Buddhist culture, making it a distinctive integrated geopark with abundant contents.
Lushan Global Geopark
Lushan Global Geopark is located in the northern part of Jiangxi Province, covering an area of 548 km2. In 1996 Lushan was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the first World Cultural Landscape in China. In 2004 Lushan became one of the first global geoparks in the Global Geopark Network. Lushan is a famous mountain for its unique multi-genetic complexed landforms. It has typical mountain quaternary glaciations in the east of China, horst fault-blocking mountain and metamorphic core complex structures. Its landforms are intergraded with botany, culture and history. The deep culture connotation, the history and the continued western and Chinese cultural development have led to this place being called “the Sacred Mountain”.
Zhangye Global Geopark is located in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, with a total area of 1289.71 km2. The Nine-Spring ophiolite suite in the west of the geopark is an important material composition of the oceanic crust nearly 500 million years ago, which truly records the evolution of the ancient Qilian Ocean to the Qilian Mountains. The Colorful Hills are like colorful silk floating on the Hexi Corridor. Their changeable colors, fantastic shapes and grand scale are among the world's geological wonders. The geopark is the type locality of the window-lattice and palace-style Danxia landform. The Heihe River, China's second-largest inland river, flows across the geopark, sustaining its diverse flora and fauna as well as its multi-ethnic residents, most notably the Yugur people. The abundant neotectonic heritage at the piedmont of the Qilian Mountains records the uplift history of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the past 36 million years. Precious and exquisite geoheritage, fragile yet diverse ecological landscapes, and the long-standing and unique ethnic customs interpenetrate and blend with one another, giving rise to the richly colorful resource endowment of Zhangye Global Geopark. Together, they compose a brilliant chapter for Zhangye on the new Silk Road in the new era.
Yimengshan Global Geopark
Yimengshan Global Geoparkis located in Linyi City, Shandong Province, China. It consists of five main areas: Mengshan Area, Diamond Area, Daigu Area, Menglianggu Area, and Yunmeng Lake Area, with a total area of 1,804.76 km2. The geopark preserves the oldest strata and massive Archean intrusive rock series, which authentically record the evolution of the early crust in northern China. The unique“money stone”(Jinqian stone, a type of porphyritic ultrabasic rock), formed through hydrothermal alteration, is a distinctive geological feature here. The geopark is also home to China's earliest primary kimberlite diamond deposit, which has already yielded 1.8 million carats of diamonds. Furthermore, It is the naming place of the Daigu landform, characterized by clustered, flat-topped, steep-sided table mountains with typical and spectacular morphology, presenting a spectacular and imposing landscape. This region is also recognized as one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the core area of the ancient Dongyi culture, where Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism have long coexisted in harmony.
Sanqingshan Global Geopark
Sanqingshan Global Geopark is located in Shangrao City of Jiangxi Province and divided into Sanqingshan main area, Huaiyushan area and Zihu area, covering a total area of 433km2. There are varied, typical and centralized granite micro-landforms. Furthermore, the unique blend of granite landforms, ecology and spectacular meteorological effects, provide the area with an exceptional natural beauty, making it an outstanding natural museum and representative of granite peak forest landscape. In addition, the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature for over one thousand years has left the Geopark with an important cultural heritage. Predominant are ancient Taoist architectural structures designed and located to reflect the Taoist philosophy of“harmony of human and nature”, and regarded as an open-air museum of Chinese Taoism ancient architecture.
Linxia Global Geopark
Linxia Global Geopark is located in Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, with an area of 2120 km2. It spans two natural areas, the arid region of the Loess Plateau and the high cold and humid region of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. It is a comprehensive geopark characterized by the footprints of Cretaceous dinosaurs and the Late Cenozoic paleofauna, supplemented by the Late Cenozoic strata, northern Danxia landforms, and the Yellow River Three Gorges landscape. It integrates local ethnic minority cultures and integrates geology, ecology, and culture.
Yandangshan Global Geopark
Yandangshan Global Geopark is located in the cities of Wenzhou and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province. It comprises Yandangshan, Nanxijiang, Fangshan - Changyu Dongtian (Changyu Cave) with a total area of 298.80 km2. It is dominated by volcanic geology and landscape, interacting with religious history, cultural landscape and stone culture to form a comprehensive nature park. Yandangshan, a large-scale coastal and mountains scenic area, is a representative of Cretaceous volcanoes found on the huge volcanic belt on the continental margin of Asia. It is a natural museum of rhyolites.
Changshan Geopark
Changshan Geopark, located in Changshan County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a comprehensive natural park featuring world-renowned Cambrian-Ordovician formation sections and continuous, typical palaeontological fossil records as its core landscapes. Complemented by the historically significant cultural heritage of the “Two Roads and One River” and the nationally famous local specialities of “Two Pomelos and One Tea,” the park integrates functions of scientific research, science popularization, sightseeing, and leisure tourism, covering an area of 1,043.10 km2.
Rinjani-Lombok Global Geopark, Indonesia
Rinjani-Lombok UNESCO Global Geopark is situated on the island of Lombok in Indonesia. Lombok, located between Bali and Sumbawa, is part of the Sunda Kecil Islands, which is approximately circular in shape and has a 70-kilometer-long “tail” -the peninsula. The island's geology is dominated by Quaternary calc-alkaline volcanoes, overlain by Neogene clastic sedimentary rocks, Miocene volcanic rocks, and Paleogene intrusive igneous rocks. The volcanic complex was formed by the subduction of the Indian Ocean Plate beneath the margin of the Southeast Asia Plate. The Sasak population of Lombok is multi-ethnic and multicultural, and the diversity of its cultural heritage is reflected in buildings such as temples and ancient mosques.
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