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1 Scenic areas  



1.1  Three Natural Bridges  





1.2  Qingkou Tiankeng Scenic Area  





1.3  Furong Cave-Furong Jiang Scenic Area  







2 Flora  





3 See also  





4 References  





5 External links  














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Coordinates: 29°18N 108°00E / 29.3°N 108.0°E / 29.3; 108.0
 

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The Wulong Karst (Chinese: 武隆喀斯特) is a karst landscape located within the borders of Wulong District, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. It is divided into three areas containing the Three Natural Bridges, the Qingkou Tiankeng (箐口天坑) and Furong Cave respectively. It is a part of the Wulong Karst National Geology Park as well as part of the South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]

Scenic areas[edit]

Three Natural Bridges[edit]

The Three Natural Bridges

The Three Natural Bridges (simplified Chinese: 天生三桥; traditional Chinese: 天生三橋; pinyin: Tiānshēng Sān Qiáo), a series of natural limestone bridges located in Xiannushan Town (仙女山镇), Wulong County,[2] are the nucleus of a 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) conservation area which includes the following features:

Niubizidong Tiankeng.

Qingkou Tiankeng Scenic Area[edit]

The Qingkou Tiankeng Scenic Area (simplified Chinese: 箐口天坑景区; traditional Chinese: 箐口天坑景區) is located around Houping Township (后坪乡), Wulong District[3] and includes 5 tiankengs:

and nearby caves. This is the only currently known tiankeng cluster in the world hypothesized to have formed by surface water erosion.[4]

The Qingkou Tiankeng Scenic Area (sometimes known as the Houping mechanical-erosion karst tiankeng system) comprises a 7,134 ha core zone and 46,781 ha buffer zone for a total of 53,915 ha of protected area.[5]

Furong Cave-Furong Jiang Scenic Area[edit]

Stalactites in the Furong Cave

Furong Cave (Chinese: 芙蓉洞) is located in Jiangkou Town (江口镇), Wulong District, some 20 km (12 mi) from the district center, near the confluence of the Furong and Wu rivers.[6] The cave is 2,846 m (9,337 ft) long and features numerous vertical shafts running through the limestone. Stalactites and other sedimentary features abound throughout the cave, and it is open daily for tours.

The Furong Cave-Furong Jiang area comprises a 3,941 ha core zone and 24,024 ha buffer zone, for 27,965 ha total protected area.[5]

Flora[edit]

The Wulong Karst area has the following types of forests and plant communities.[7]

Protected plants include Ginkgo biloba, Eucommia ulmoides, Taxus chinensis, Handeliodendron bodinieri, Liriodendron chinense, Juglans regia, Phellodendron chinense, Fagopyrum dibotrys, Cinnamomum camphora, Camptotheca acuminata, Actinidia chinensis, and Gynostemma pentaphyllum.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. June 29, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  • ^ 天生三桥 [The Three Natural Bridges] (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhua. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  • ^ 重庆武隆国家地质公园 [Chongqing Wulong County National Geology Park] (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  • ^ Zhu, Xuewen; Waltham, Tony (2006). "Tiankeng: definition and description" (PDF). Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers. 4 (1): 5.
  • ^ a b The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, PRC (2016). "State of Conservation Report of South China Karst World Natural Heritage". UNESCO.
  • ^ 芙蓉洞 [Furong Cave] (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhua. October 12, 2005. Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  • ^ UNESCO: South China Karst
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