Danxiashan Suodao, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China 

Danxiashan is the Redstone Park of China. It is located in the northeast of Shaoguan City in Guangdong Province and has a total area of 290 km2, about half of it is densely covered by ‘danxia landform’. Its highest peak is Bazhai with an elevation of 619 metres. Danxiashan has long been a national park and nature reserve. It became an UNESCO global geopark in 2004 and a world heritage in 2010.

Characterised by multi-layered red sedimentary rocks of sandstone and conglomerate, the area was formed in a basin by fluvial deposition 140-65 million years ago. Warm and wet climate enhanced oxidation in rocks and turned the colour of their sediments to red.

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