A team of speleologists and spelunkers rappelled into the sinkhole on Friday (May 6), discovering that there are three cave entrances in the chasm, as well as ancient trees 131 feet (40 m) tall, stretching their branches toward the sunlight that filters through the sinkhole entrance. "...
In southwest China, there is a rift zone with a length of more than 300 kilometers and a width of tens to hundreds of kilometers, which is called the Panxi Rift Valley. With untouched forests, mountains, sinkholes, and floor drains, and other geological wonders, this place is known as ...
It is noted for the Yangtze River Three Gorges, karst sinkhole of Wulong Karst National Geology Park, stilted house complex of Hongya Cave, exciting Yangtze River Cableway, ancient Ci Qi Kou Town, lifelike Dazu Rock Carvings and more. However, the best known thing of this mountainous city ...
which is called the Panxi Rift Valley. With untouched forests, mountains, sinkholes, and floor drains, and other geological wonders, this place is known as the "Natural Geological Museum." And the most amazing thing is the mountains are magnetic...
With untouched forests, mountains, sinkholes, and floor drains, and other geological wonders, this place is known as the "Natural Geological Museum." And the most amazing thing is the mountains are magnetic. It is said that an ancient Silk Road once crossed the Panxi Rift Valley. At that...
—Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China —Ancient Chinese woman faced brutal 'yue' punishment, had foot cut off, skeleton reveals But another possibility is that the gold was brought from farther afield as an exotic metal, which could indicate a trade network existed during the ...
The sinkholes and underground caverns in the area have well developed because of karst landform. Despite abundant rainfall, there are no big rivers but only a small number of streams. Water shortage has been a major obstacle to economic and social development in the Maonan areas. Figure 1 ...
We conducted floristic and community analyses to compare the floristic composition, forest structure, taxonomic richness, and species diversity between two tiankeng (large doline, or sinkhole) habitats and two outside-tiankeng habitats of forest fragments in a degraded karst area in southwestern China....
The sinkholes and under- ground caverns in the area have well developed because of karst landform. Despite abundant rainfall, there are no big rivers but only a small number of streams. Water shortage has been a major obstacle to economic and social develop- ment in the Maonan areas. The ...
The increased frequency and severity of droughts associated with global warming, combined with poor environmental conditions, especially over karst regions where rainfall quickly infiltrates the subsurface of the ground through sinkholes, influence the forest productivity and the ecosystem services [3,4]....