China Danxia
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How it came to be
Danxia is the Chinese term for landscapes formed on red continental sandstones and conglomerates that have been uplifted and then worn down by weathering and erosion. The name comes from Mount Danxia in Guangdong. In 1928 the geologist Feng Jinglan called these red beds danxia, and in 1939 Chen Guoda first used the term 'Danxia landform'.
The World Heritage site is made up of six areas in the subtropical south-west of China: Chishui in Guizhou, Taining in Fujian, Langshan in Hunan, Danxiashan in Guangdong, Longhushan in Jiangxi and Jianglangshan in Zhejiang, chosen to show landforms at different stages of erosion. They have red cliffs, pillars, ravines and waterfalls, and Longhushan also holds burials set in caves about 2,600 years ago.
The rugged ground has sheltered subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and some 400 rare or threatened species. The six areas were inscribed in 2010, although IUCN, which evaluated the nomination, noted that the danxia landform still had no internationally agreed definition.
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