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The Furong river scenic attraction is located in the southeast of Wulong county in Chongqing city , in long. 107o14¡ä- 108o05¡äE. , Lat. 29o02¡ä-29o40¡äN. . It is main axis with the canyon of 35km long lower reaches of Furong river . It covers an area of 100.75km2 . And it is with a consentration of mountains , rivers , caves , forests , springs and gorges . Its scenery features grace , uniqueness , steepness , and spectacularity . The scenic attraction is a gorge type national important scenic attraction with carbonate landforms features , and taking tour , wild animals protection as main activities , having both water sports and scientific observation activities .

The scenic attraction takes canyon landforms as the dominant factor , in NNB - SSW derection . The terrains is height in south and low in north . The dolomite and limestone in the Cambrian period and the Ordovician period are revealed widely . The Yangan hill with an elevation of 1510m is the highest peak . The Relative height difference is 500 - 1200m , and the hill is hiprecipitous , the valley is steep .It has both mountain plain landforms and karst landforms features .

Karst

The cone Karst is most composed part of "china karst" for to become world Nature Heritage site Southern Guizhou just located at golden delta area by link up the Guizhou Guangxi and Yunnan province, Where is chinese cone Karst distribution unusual concentration development best typical and appeared geomorphological structure unique types varied, development and evolution complex in the Karst Landscapes In addition. Cone Karst rock body is covered by primitive Karst forest vegetation types as well to formed a green karst with particular ecologic system so have a protection value for world Nature Heritage site.

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