New Sections of South China Karst Listed as UNESCO's World Heritage

Additional sections of South China’s Karst landscape have just been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. This comes after the successful listing of China’s Grand Canal and the Silk Road in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan last week.

The newly added South China Karst landscapes are an extension of the first project, which was listed as a World Heritage site in 2007. The extension project includes the four new areas of Guilin Karst and Huan-jiang Karst in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shibing Karst in Guizhou Province, and Jinfoshan Karst in Chongqing Municipalit. Karst landscapes are formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks, such as limestone and gypsum. South China has the world’s most diverse karst landforms.

 The photo shows the scenery of Yulong River in Yangshuo County of Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The World Heritage Committee on Monday inscribed an extension of South China Karst, a natural World Heritage Site since 2007, into the UNESCO's World Heritage List.