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Danxia landform
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Danxia landform

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Photo: Cheng Tong¡¡

Time: 1990s¡¡

Site:¡¡Renhua County, Guangdong Province¡¡

Height:1000 m

Brief Introduction: Danxia landform refers to isolated hills and surprisingly shaped steep rocks originating from red sandstone or conglomertate after long time of weathering and fluvial erosion. This picture shows the typical Danxia landform in Renhua County of mountainous area in north of Guangdong Province.

 
     
 
2007 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS.