Where is Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River?

Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River is located in the southern section of Qin Jin Canyon, bordering Hukou Town, Yichuan County, Yan 'an City, Shaanxi Province in the west and Hukou Town, Jixian County, Linfen City, Shaanxi Province in the east. It is a tourist attraction in the two provinces. 350 kilometers south of Xi 'an, Shaanxi; It is located 387 kilometers north of Taiyuan, Shanxi. It is the waterfall landscape of China Grand Canyon.

20 13 12, "Hukou Water Conservancy Scenic Spot of the Yellow River in Yichuan County" was awarded as one of the thirteenth batch of national water conservancy scenic spots by the China People's Water Conservancy Scenic Spot Construction Management Leading Group and the Ministry of Water Resources.

The award of the honor of Hukou Water Conservancy Scenic Spot on the Yellow River has become the fourth national-level business card of Hukou Scenic Spot after the National Geopark, Geological Relics Protection Zone, National Key Scenic Spot and National 4A-level Scenic Spot, and it is the only national-level water conservancy scenic spot in Yan 'an. 20 18 China Yellow River Tourism Conference was awarded as "Fifty Scenes of the Yellow River in China".

Geological structure of Hukou waterfall in the Yellow River

The bedrock exposed in Hukou area is mainly Triassic Zhifang Formation. The upper part is purplish red, purplish gray and grayish green fine sandstone mixed with argillaceous rocks, and the lower part is deep sandstone, and the sandstone is mainly feldspar sandstone, which is hard; The argillaceous rock is dominated by shale, which is soft and broken and easily eroded by running water.

In steep canyons, the turbulent rapids meet the geological conditions of alternating soft and hard rocks when cutting vertically. Hard rocks form bedrock or waterfall layers, while soft rocks are eroded into steep terraces. The rapids fly over the terraced fields, and a waterfall is formed when there is a certain gap. Of course, soft and hard rock layers are only favorable formation conditions for waterfall formation.

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