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Durmitor National Park
This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is crossed by rivers and underground streams. The Tara River Canyon has the deepest gorge in Europe, dense pine forests intersect with clear lakes and is home to a variety of endemic plants.
Ningaloo Coast
Located on Australia's remote west coast, the Ningaloo Coast encompasses 604,500 hectares of marine and terrestrial property, including one of the world's longest inshore coral reefs. On land, the site features an extensive karst system and a network of underground caves and waterways. Whale sharks gather at the Ningaloo Coast every year, and it is home to a wide range of marine species, including large numbers of sea turtles. The terrestrial portion of the site features groundwater bodies, with an extensive network of caves, tubes and groundwater streams. They support a variety of rare species, contributing to the biodiversity of both the marine and terrestrial site.
Lakes of Ounianga
The site includes eighteen connected lakes covering an area of 62,808 hectares in the extremely arid Ennedi region of the Sahara Desert. It forms a beautiful natural landscape with amazing colors and shapes. The salt lakes, hypersaline lakes and freshwater lakes are fed by groundwater and are divided into two groups, 40 kilometers apart. Ounianga Kebir consists of four lakes, the largest of which, Lake Youan, covers an area of 358 hectares and is 27 meters deep. Its high salinity can only sustain algae and some microorganisms. The second group, Ounianga Serir, consists of fourteen lakes separated by sand dunes. Floating reeds cover nearly half of the surface of these lakes, reducing evaporation. Lake Telli has the largest area, 436 hectares, but is less than 10 meters deep. Due to the high quality of the fresh water, some of these lakes are home to aquatic animals, especially fish.
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
The park features spectacular limestone karst landscapes and an underground river. A major feature of the river is that it flows directly into the sea, with the lower reaches partly affected by tides. The area is also an important habitat for biodiversity conservation. The area has a complete "mountain-sea" ecosystem and contains the most important forests in Asia.
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2003 and covers an area of 85,754 hectares. After the expansion, the park's total area has reached 123,326 hectares (an increase of 46%) and borders the Hin Nam Noi Nature Reserve in Lao PDR. The park's landscape is composed of limestone plateaus and tropical forests. The park's geological diversity is extremely high, with a large number of spectacular caves and underground rivers. The park has a high degree of biodiversity and many endemic species. The expansion ensures a more coherent ecosystem while providing additional protection for the water catchment area, which is essential for the integrity of the limestone landscape.
Silver Fox Cave
The Silver Fox Cave is located in Yingshui Village, Fuzizhuang Township, Fangshan District, Beijing, 60 kilometers away from the city. It is the only open natural scenic cave in North China that integrates water and land caves. The characteristic landscape is the snow-white calcite crystals hanging upside down on the top of the cave, which are nearly 2 meters long and shaped like a cat head and a fox body. It is called the "Chinese National Treasure" - the Silver Fox. The 1,500-meter underground river in the cave is suitable for playing in the water and rafting. The river water is clear and contains a variety of trace elements necessary for the human body. It has magical medical effects and is a national AA scenic spot. The main tour content: Silver Fox Cave, underground river, tea rhyme in the cave, and Phoenix Mountain. Beijing Silver Fox Cave Scenic Area is part of the Shihua Cave National Geopark Scenic Area. It was developed and constructed in 1990. It is located in Yingshui Village, Fuzizhuang Township, Fangshan District, Beijing, 65 kilometers away from Beijing city and 37 kilometers away from Liangxiang, the seat of Fangshan District. It is located in the northeast of Shihua Cave National Geopark, close to National Highway 108, and the area is 200-300 meters above sea level. The Silver Fox Cave Scenic Area is famous for its famous natural national treasure and karst wonder, the silver fox. The Silver Fox Cave is long and winding, with a length of 4,000 meters. There are 99 unique landscapes in the top ten karst scenic spots in the cave, and the clear cave underground river is well-known in North China. In recent years, while developing tourism, the scenic area has actively integrated the environment, improved supporting facilities, opened up new tour projects for popular science exploration in the cave, and increased service features, so that the popularity of the scenic area has been continuously improved. In 2000, it passed the national AA-level scenic spot selection, and in 2002, the Silver Fox Cave was awarded the title of National Scenic Area. The tram opened in the cave in 2002 can save tourists from the hardship of long-distance walking. The waterway exploration in the cave opened in 2003 can make the waterway tourism project in the cave more complete and make the Silver Fox Cave tourism more distinctive. In addition, in 2003, the scenic area opened Beijing's first underground cave music hall teahouse at the intersection of more than 2,000 meters of water caves using natural caves. It solves the problem of rest and entertainment in the underground cave tour and has been well received by tourists. In addition to the underground cave tour, tourists can also go outing and enjoy the scenery on the mountain sightseeing natural ecological tour line outside the cave, and enjoy the natural scenery. The Silver Fox Cave was developed in the Ordovician limestone more than 400 million years ago, and the cave space was formed within millions of years. The cave entrance is 207 meters above sea level and 10 meters relative height. It is called the "underground maze of North China". The largest hall is 50 meters long, 30 meters wide and 80 meters high; the widest part of the cave is 35 meters, the narrowest part is less than 1 meter, the average width is 9 meters, and the average height is 7 meters. The area of the cave bottom is more than 30,000 square meters and the volume is 200,000 cubic meters. The total length of the tour route is 5,000 meters, the waterway is 1,000 meters, and the dry road is 4,000 meters. The large crystal karst karst wonder "Cat-headed Silver Fox" is the most famous and well-known at home and abroad. The silver fox crystal is 2 meters long, covered with plush silver thorns, crystal white, and a thick silver fox tail is formed on the top. The image is extremely lifelike, and the "Silver Fox Cave" is named after it. The silver fox was discovered for the first time in the world and is known as a natural wonder and a national treasure of China. The Silver Fox Cave has multiple layers and branches. The main cave, branch caves, horizontal caves, vertical caves, water caves, and dry caves are crisscrossed and winding. It is a veritable underground maze. More than 3,000 meters of tourist routes have been opened in the cave. Along the way, there are endless stone mangroves, stone shields, stone mushrooms, stone flags, stalagmites, goose pipes and various forms of stalactites; there are also rare stone chrysanthemums, crystal flowers, stone pearls, stone grapes and other hanging stalactites and crystal clear calcite. The unique landscapes include: shy jade rabbits, crystal jade bamboo, Great Wall beacon fires, great men sitting statues and more than 100 other places. The most amazing is a large crystal that is nearly two meters long, shaped like a cat head and a fox body and covered with hair. According to the identification of cave experts at home and abroad, this crystal is the first to be found in a karst cave in the world and can be called a Chinese treasure. The name of Silver Fox Cave also comes from this. The water cave, located at a depth of 106 meters, is the only underground river discovered in North China. The river water is crystal clear and tourists can enjoy the wonders of underground waterfalls by boating in all seasons. At the source, they can also drink the sweet natural magnetized water.