Wulingyuan is a scenic and historical site in Hunan Province, south central China, about 270 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Changsha, covering some 690 square kilometers. Its landscape is dominated by more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks, many over 200 meters tall, raised by tectonic uplift and then sculpted by water erosion during the Devonian period some 400 to 350 million years ago, and the site also holds around 40 calcite caves and a natural bridge, Tianqiaoshengkong, among the world's highest. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wulingyuan ([ù.lǐŋ.ɥɛ̌n], Chinese: 武陵源) is a scenic and historical site in the Wulingyuan District of South Central China's Hunan Province.
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Wulingyuan ([ù.lǐŋ.ɥɛ̌n], Chinese: 武陵源) is a scenic and historical site in the Wulingyuan District of South Central China's Hunan Province.
- consists of four national parks; inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992
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Wulingyuan ([ù.lǐŋ.ɥɛ̌n], Chinese: 武陵源) is a scenic and historical site in the Wulingyuan District of South Central China's Hunan Province
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