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China Danxia
Chinese Danxia is the Chinese name for the continental red terrigenous sedimentary landscapes that have been shaped by internal forces, including uplift, and external forces, including weathering and erosion. Listed Danxia landforms include six areas in subtropical southwestern China. These areas feature spectacular red cliffs and a range of erosional landforms, including dramatic natural columns, towers, gullies, valleys and waterfalls. These rugged landscapes help preserve subtropical broadleaf evergreen forests and are home to many plant and animal species, about 400 of which are considered rare or endangered.
Gorham's Cave Complex
The steep limestone cliffs on the east side of the Rock of Gibraltar contain four caves with archaeological and paleontological deposits that provide evidence of Neanderthal habitation for more than 100,000 years. Unique testimony to the cultural traditions of the Neanderthals, mainly reflected in the hunting of birds and marine animals for food, the use of feathers as ornaments, and abstract rock carvings. Scientific research on these sites has made a significant contribution to the debate on Neanderthal and human evolution.
Gorham's Cave Complex
The steep limestone cliffs on the east side of the Rock of Gibraltar contain four caves with archaeological and paleontological deposits that provide evidence of Neanderthal habitation for more than 100,000 years. Unique testimony to the cultural traditions of the Neanderthals, mainly reflected in the hunting of birds and marine animals for food, the use of feathers as ornaments, and abstract rock carvings. Scientific research on these sites has made a significant contribution to the debate on Neanderthal and human evolution.
Anticosti
Located on Anticosti Island, the largest island in Quebec, this site contains the most complete and best-preserved paleontological record of the first mass extinction of animals (447-437 million years ago), and includes the best-preserved fossil record of marine life spanning 10 million years of Earth history. The number, variety and perfection of its fossils are unparalleled, allowing for world-class scientific research. Thousands of large sedimentary surfaces allow us to observe and study shells and some molluscs from the ancient tropical shallow seabed.
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.