CIIC:Today's featured article/April 11, 2010
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Revision as of 02:39, 9 April 2010 by imported>Ciic (Created page with 'left|thumb|200px|left|Wulinyuan Scenic Area Located in northwestern Hunan, the '''Wulingyuan Scenic Area''' consists of three parts: Zhangjiajie Nation...')
Located in northwestern Hunan, the Wulingyuan Scenic Area consists of three parts: Zhangjiajie National Park, Suoxiyu Nature Reserve and Tianzi Mountain Natural Reserve, covering a total area of 350 square kilometers. Being a complete quartz and sandstone geomorphological structure, Wulingyuan boasts some 3,100 peaks (of which over 1,000 rise at least 200 meters), which look like bamboo shoots: spectacular and grotesque, lofty and elegant. It is a real wonder to have such a large forest of natural peaks on the several hundred-meter-thick quartz and sandstone base. This, plus the mysterious deep valleys and grottos, offers fantastic views. (More...)
