UNESCO to Mountain Tianzhu for World Geographical Park

July 21, 2011 at the UNESCO World Geopark members of the Board, Mr. Ibrahim Maxim • Qom (Mr. Ibrahim Komoo Malaysia) and his wife, Dr. Enoch Chan ni • Azman (Dr. Norzaini Azman ) and the European Geoparks Network Coordinating Committee, a member of the International Association for Impact Assessment • Eckhardt, Dr. Claudia (Dr. Claudia Eckhardt Germany), three United Nations experts arrived in Tianzhu Mountain Scenic Area. This came to Tianzhu, three United Nations experts will thoroughly Tianzhu Mountain Geopark area north of the main peak of granite landscape science tours, south and UHP Grade fossils Tianzhu fine lines and three lines of cultural tourism routes a three-day inspection and acceptance.

It is reported that Anhui Tianzhu Mountain in 2005 by the Ministry of Land and approved as a national geological park in 2007, Tianzhu Mountain National Geological Park officially opened. January 8, 2010, held in Beijing, the sixth installment of the world geological park at the national recommended assessment, Tianzhu Mountain Geopark to score first place in the Chinese government officially named in 2011 UNESCO declared the world geological Park's recommended list, the year 2011 the Chinese government is also recommended to UNESCO to declare the mainland only representative of the world geological park units.

Tianzhu Mountain National Geological Park is located in hill county, Anhui Province, located in the Yangtze, North China plate occupies a position, is the world's attention ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt of the important sites, recorded two subduction, collision evolution. Tianzhu 413.14 square km of geological parks, and characteristics of UHP rocks - eclogite attracted worldwide attention. 2.6 billion years of geological evolution has made China the only Tianzhu Mountain, the local area of ​​the world's largest and most complete exposure, the best combination of ultra-high pressure metamorphic mineral belt. This band is the scientific community as a great spectacle. Tianzhu become China's implementation of the three ultra-deep project target area and global climate research one of the best areas for continental dynamics, but also became the very few (only two) bases and grade metamorphic belt of high geo-tourism resources. Chinese and foreign geologists agreed that the "Tianzhu - who leaked the deep Earth," said she was "the most beautiful on the Tan-Lu fault zone granite."

Millions of years of geological magical effect created is both Tianzhu Kitayama hung, and a Nanling the show. Tianzhu Mountain mixed male body shape, thin as a skeleton, a pattern different from other mountains of the United States, its Xiongfeng rocks, canyons and other landscape ladder are rare geological heritage. Here is the "birthplace of animals feeding in Asia", later found in 70 million years ago the "hill Anhui turtle", "Oriental Xiao rat" and many other Paleocene vertebrate fossils. 2.5 billion years of crustal movement so many times here from the vast ocean evolved into today's Yizhuqingtian! From one sea to the "Huaiyang old land" from the "hill basin" to the peaks of standing, Tianzhu be called a natural geological museum.For more information, please shift to Designed China Tours