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Zhangjiajie Erosion Landforms
2016-12-20 17:30:26  Zhangjiajie Tourism Information Website  

The erosion landforms in Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area is mainly exposed in where the carbonate was distributed during the Permian and Triassic era, with an area of nearly 31 square kilometers, and can be divided into five sub-categories, known as the typical representative of the “West Hunan-type” karst landscape.

The main shapes include the karst vein, trace, doline, karren, groove, stone forest, low-lying land, membrane, funnel, ponor, silo, scuttle, underground river, and karstic spring. The karst caves are mainly located to north of Suoxiyu River Valley and southeast of Tianzi Mountain and there are dozens in total. The most typical is Huanglong Cave, Which is called the “Treasure house of speleology” and has great value in terms of tours and adventures for tourist and speleologists.

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