In which city is Yunnan Stone Forest located?

Yunnan Stone Forest is located in Kunming City, Yunnan Province.

Stone Forest Global Geopark is located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, covering a total area of ??400 square kilometers, with 44.96 square kilometers of special protection areas, 62.10 square kilometers of first-level protection areas, and 107.21 square kilometers of second-level protection areas. kilometers, and the third-level protected area is 135.73 square kilometers. It is between 1,500 meters and 1,900 meters above sea level and 78 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming. It is known as the world's first wonder and the Stone Forest Museum.

Because of the antiquity, complexity, multi-stage and rarity of its development and evolution, as well as the diversity of landscape forms, the stone forest has become a typical example of such karst geological and landform relics in the world and the origin of the word stone forest. It is the place of origin and has a high value of tourism and geographical science popularization.

Geographical environment

Yunnan Stone Forest Global Geopark has a subtropical low-latitude plateau mountain climate, with an average annual temperature of about 16°C. It has the characteristics of no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, and spring-like weather all year round. . Stone forests can be distributed in karst terrains such as karst hills, depressions, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, caves, etc. This enriches the types and scientific significance of stone forests.

There are more than 30 surface corrosion forms, mainly various dissolution trenches, dissolution plates, dissolution lines, dissolution pockets, subsoil dissolution surfaces, dissolution side troughs, well-shaped dissolution troughs, and dissolution troughs. Shell patterns, peak melt marks, remnants of underground river pipes, red algae marks, gravity collapse groove marks, etc., decorate the stone pillars. It not only enriches the ornamental value of the stone forest, but also provides scientific basis for studying the formation and evolution of the stone forest.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Yunnan Stone Forest