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Geological Formation

China Danxia

Named Rock Formations and Groups

China Danxia is the collective UNESCO World Heritage designation for the Danxia landform, a set of landscapes found in southeast, southwest, and northwest China consisting of red-bed formations with steep cliffs. Danxia landform is a distinctive type of petrographic geomorphology formed from red-colored sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age, resembling limestone karst topography in appearance though geologists call it a pseudo-karst landform because it forms in sandstone and conglomerate rather than limestone, shaped by both endogenous and exogenous forces.

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Connections

Associated With

Conglomerate, Materials
Source Danxia landform (Wikipedia)
Cretaceous, Eras
Source Danxia landform (Wikipedia)
Sandstone, Materials
Source Danxia landform (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 (Q1073647) mapped to formative process Erosion via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: China Danxia

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 (Q1073647) mapped to discipline Geomorphology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: China Danxia
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Found In

China

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: China Danxia
Sources
1. Wikidata: China Danxia
  • Wikidata Q1286650, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P1435 heritage-designation or P3425 Natura 2000 claim on the formation's own item (w-bbfill-earth2-0926)
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Danxia landform (Wikipedia)
  • Associated With: Cretaceous, Lead paragraph
    Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age.
  • Associated With: Cretaceous, Lead, age Cretaceous
    Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age.
  • Associated With: Sandstone, Lead, rock Sandstone
    Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age.
  • Associated With: Conglomerate, Lead, rock Conglomerate
    Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age.
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