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Karst wind tunnels in Ravno
<p>The karst wind caves of Ravno, located in the Dinaric Mountains, are world-renowned for their outstanding cave biodiversity and endemism. Known since ancient times, the well-preserved karst landscapes make it one of the world's most important hotspots for the diversity of cave-dwelling animals, especially underground aquatic animals. The caves are home to many vertebrates that are threatened worldwide, the only underground tube worms in the world, and a variety of plants that are endemic to the Balkans. In addition, some of the species found in the caves are relicts of the Tertiary and pre-Tertiary periods, many of whose close relatives became extinct a long time ago, and can therefore be called living fossils. </p>
Serra da Capivara National Park
Many of the caves in Serra da Capivara National Park contain cave paintings, some of which are over 25,000 years old. They are remarkable testaments to one of the oldest human communities in South America.
Kongshan Baiyun Cave
Kongshan Baiyun Cave is located in Lincheng County, Xingtai City. It is the main attraction of Kongshan Baiyun Cave Scenic Area. It is 56 kilometers south of Xingtai City and 86 kilometers north of Shijiazhuang City. Kongshan Baiyun Cave was formed in the Middle Cambrian Period 500 million years ago. It is a rare karst cave landscape in northern my country. Kongshan Baiyun Cave is the largest karst cave in the world at the same latitude. It has five caves developed, namely "Human World", "Heaven", "Hell", "Dragon Palace" and "Labyrinth". The temperature in the cave is 17℃ all year round. There are more than 150 major landscapes. It is a national key scenic spot, a national geological park and a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is very convenient to travel to Kongshan Baiyun Cave by car along the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway and National Highway 107.
Shihua Cave
Shihua Cave is located in Fangshan District, Beijing, 46 kilometers from the city center, 15 kilometers from Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway, and 15 kilometers from Liangtuo Road Exit of West Sixth Ring Road. It is a karst cave group sightseeing area of Fangshan World Geopark, a member unit of International Cave, a national scenic spot, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a municipal geological relic nature reserve, and a Beijing popular science education base. It is known as: China's best karst cave wonder. The karst cave resources of Shihua Cave are famous at home and abroad for their typicality, diversity, naturalness, integrity and rarity. The rich resources show the value of Shihua Cave in geological science research, geological science teaching and tourism appreciation. After the inspection, Song Jian, the former director of the State Science and Technology Commission, wrote the inscription "Underground geological wonder, karst cave museum". The body of Shihua Cave is a multi-layered and multi-branched layered structure, divided into seven layers, with the first to sixth layers being karst cave landscapes and the seventh layer being an underground underground river. The layers in Shihua Cave are clearly distributed, the cave sediments are densely distributed, the types are complete, and the quantity is large. There are five types of sediments, namely dripping water, seepage water, flowing water, stagnant water and splashing water, and more than 40 types of sedimentary forms. Shihua Cave is now open to the 1st to 4th floors, with a tour route of 2,500 meters. There are a total of 18 scenic spots, 120 landscapes, 16 halls, ten wonders, and five of the largest karst caves in the country so far. The largest moon milk stone in the cave is the first discovery in China, and the stone flags and stone shields are typical representatives of Chinese cave sediments. The temperature in Shihua Cave is constant at 13℃ throughout the four seasons, and it is like spring all year round. The cave sediments in Shihua Cave record the evolution of the earth and the changes in the sedimentary environment. It is an important information base for studying the changes in the ancient geological environment. The rich karst resources in the cave and the peculiar landforms outside the cave make it an ideal natural classroom for geography teaching and popular science education.
Jinniu Cave
Jinniudong Tourist Resort is located at the foot of Wuling Mountain in Xinglong County, Chengde City. It is a comprehensive service place for tourist accommodation, catering, entertainment and conferences. The Jinniudong Scenic Area is adjacent to the resort, located on the southern foot of Wuling Mountain and Dongmei Temple Mountain. The cave is a natural cave with three layers: upper, middle and lower, and some karst development. According to experts, the cave was formed in the Meso-Ancient Era 1.4 billion years ago. It is the closest karst cave to the top of the mountain in the world. At the same time, this cave, known as the "ancient strange cave", was also the place where the "Mahayana Tianzhen Yuandun Sect" of the Ming Dynasty took refuge and the leader wrote the "Longhua Sutra". There are still many Buddha statues and scripture writing platforms in the cave. There are also several caves of different sizes, as confusing as the "Tunnel War".