The Wangwushan-Daimeishan UNESCO
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Global Geopark was approved in 2006 by the UNESCO. The geopark is located in Jiyuan City and Xin’an county,the north west part of Henan Province. The whole geopark includes Wangwushan(in the north), Daimeishan(in the south) and the Yellow River valley(in the center),covering an area of 986km2. It is a comprehensive geopark, features the geoheritages as geological section, landform landscape and paleontology fossils, shining with animal,plant resources,and historical culture: The system of Tiantan Mountain geological structure section reflects the geological evolutionary history since 2.5Ga, Xiaogoubei-Yinhe Valley show the charm of paleovolcano 1.7Ga ago;Balixia Valley on the Yellow River is the key point during the running-through of the Yellow River;The group of red stone valleys in Daimeishan can be said to be the gallery of mountains and waterscape, as is also the natural museum of ripple marks and mud cracks; Mammal-like fossil in Late Paleozoic and trace fossil in Mesozoic around Fengmenkou area have the significance of global correlation. More than 1000 kinds of plants live in the geopark, called the ‘gene base of seed plants in North China’;The charmingly naive Taihang macaque is the spirit in the mountain ;the spirit of Yugong moving mountains is valuable spiritual wealth , which made the unyielding national soul of China.