Lushan National Geological Park
Encyclopedia : L : LU : LUS : Lushan National Geological Park
Lushan National Geological Park (also known as the Lushan National Park and the Lushan Geopark) is located in the Mount Lushan region of Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China, and extends across a 500 km² area to the Lake Poyang basin.
It is a favoured domestic tourist destination. It features exceptional upthrows from the Quaternary age, amidst stunning landscapes: summits and peaks, valleys, gorges, gullies, rock formations, caves and waterfalls. The area also contains large numbers of Taoist and Buddhist temples, as well as several landmarks of Confucianism.
In 1996, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1998, the Lushan National Park became a UNESCO Geopark, and is included in UNESCO's International Network of Geoparks (which includes twenty-eight parks, seven of which are located in China).
See also
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.