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Zhangye Danxia Landform (Zhangye)

Updated: 2013-11-02
( chinadaily.com.cn )

Self-driving tourists visit Zhangye Danxia Landform in Gansu province. [Photo/asianewsphoto]

Zhangye Danxia Landform is divided into two groups, north and south. The north group is situated in Heli Mountains of Zhangye, Northwest China’s Gansu province. It is 25 kilometers away from the downtown area. The red, white and ember north group is low and smooth.

The south group is located in Yugur autonomous county of southern Gansu province, about 40 to 50 kilometers away from the downtown area. The Danxia landform in the south group is precipitous with clear texture. It is well-known for colorfulness.

Danxia landform is seen at a geopark near Zhangye, northwest
China's Gansu Province, April 11, 2011. Danxia, which means
"rosy cloud," is a special landform formed from reddish
sandstone that has been eroded over time into a series of
mountains surrounded by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual
rock formations. (Xinhua/Gao Jianjun)

Danxia landform is seen at a geopark near Zhangye, northwest China's Gansu Province,
April 11, 2011. Danxia, which means "rosy cloud," is a special landform formed from
reddish sandstone that has been eroded over time into a series of mountains surrounded
by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual rock formations. (Xinhua/Gao Jianjun)

Danxia landform is seen at a geopark near Zhangye, northwest China's Gansu Province,
April 11, 2011. Danxia, which means "rosy cloud," is a special landform formed from
reddish sandstone that has been eroded over time into a series of mountains surrounded
by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual rock formations.