The Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park is located in the eastern foothills of the Qilian Mountains in Gansu Province, China.
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About 50 square kilometers of the geological park is covered by a spectacular Danxia landform area.
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Nature's masterpiece are Danxia landforms.
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The mountains look like they were painted by a very colorful palette from above.
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Danxia landscape in Zhangye has many precipitous red cliffs, most of which are several hundred meters high. The multicolored ridges of weathered strata sometimes stretch to the horizon.
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The area was once part of the ocean about 540 million years ago.
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The land folded and formed mountains due to tectonic plate collision, and lifted above sea level.
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Danxia National Park is close to the city of Zhanji in northwestern China's Gansu province.