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UNESCO describes the South China Karst as "unrivalled in terms of the diversity of its karst features and landscapes". [1] The huge karst area of South China is about 550,000 km 2 in extent. The karst terrain displays a geomorphic transition as the terrain gradually descends about 2000 meters over 700 kilometers from the western Yunnan-Guizhou ...
[1] [2] The region's natural scenery is characterized by its mountains, rivers, karst caves, historic sites and stone carvings. On June 24, 2014, Guilin, along with Shibing in Guizhou, Mount Jinfo in Chongqing and Huanjiang in Guangxi, was inscribed on the World Heritage List as part of the South China Karst at the 38th World Heritage ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, north of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis. For listings in Downtown St. Louis, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis. For those south of I ...
The state park is home to 12 caves [4] and is noted for its excellent examples of karst landforms including the rock bridge, sinkholes, and an underground stream at the cave known as Devil's Icebox. The rock bridge was created by the collapse of a section of a cave which resulted in a small arch of rock being left to form a natural bridge over ...
Furong Cave (Chinese: 芙蓉洞) is a karst cave located on the banks of the Furong River, 20 km (12 mi) from the seat of Wulong District, Chongqing, People's Republic of China. [ 1 ] History
This building was intended to store the archives of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, the collection of the Missouri Historical Society, and historical artifacts associated with the territory the U.S. acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis on August 11, 1866. [1]
South China Karst: Mixed: 1248 France: Bordeaux, Port of the Moon: Cultural: 1256 Gabon: Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (F) Mixed: 1147 Greece: Old Town of Corfu: Cultural: 978 India: Red Fort Complex: Cultural: 231 Iraq: Samarra Archaeological City: Cultural: 276 Japan: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural ...
[3] [4] Franklin County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's exurbs. It is located along the south side of the Missouri River . The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA ( American Viticultural Area ) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland , which ...