Karst Definition: Geological Features and Shilin
Chapter 1

Vertical extremes and sunken basins

Chapter 2

Waterways that break the rules

Chapter 3

Stone forests and painted mountains

Chapter 4

Island oddities and invisible borders

Ch 3 · Stone forests and painted mountains
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schopenhauer The limestone labyrinths of Shilin Stone Forest

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schopenhauer The mysterious Chocolate Hills of Bohol

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The mysterious Chocolate Hills of Bohol

schopenhauer Over a thousand symmetrical hills that turn brown in dry seasons.

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The limestone labyrinths of Shilin Stone Forest

schopenhauer Towering karst pillars that look like petrified trees.

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Stone forests and painted mountains
BETA

schopenhauer Match Asia's strangest natural oddities to discover how stone forests and painted mountains formed.

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Fun Fact

Avatar mountain: The Southern Sky Column in the Tianzi Mountains was officially renamed 'Avatar Hallelujah Mountain' in 2010 to honor its cinematic fame.

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Glossary
karst (noun)
An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns. The towering limestone pillars of Yunnan's Shilin were shaped over some 270 million years of geologic erosion.

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Gossip

Which geological wonder looks most alien?

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Quiz

What mineral gives the red and orange hues to the Zhangye Danxia mountains?

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schopenhauer The technicolor ridges of Zhangye Danxia

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Quiz

What type of rock primarily makes up the unique mounds of the Chocolate Hills in the Philippines?

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schopenhauer The floating spires of Tianzi Mountains

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Quiz

Approximately how many symmetrical hills make up the Chocolate Hills landscape on Bohol Island?

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Quiz

How tall do the quartz sandstone pillars of the Tianzi Mountains rise in Hunan, China?

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Quiz

What geological process created the vibrant colors of the Zhangye Danxia landforms?

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Quiz

In which Chinese province can visitors walk through the 270-million-year-old Shilin Stone Forest?

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Quiz

Which movie's floating mountains were inspired by the towering spires of the Tianzi Mountains?

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Quiz

What causes the Chocolate Hills of Bohol to turn brown?

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