Eastern Asia
China
The top 10 natural landmarks of China — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
MountainsZhangjiajie
Hunan
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a national forest park located in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China. It is one of several national parks within the Wulingyuan Scenic Area.
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Thousands of quartzite sandstone pillars wreathed in mist.
RiversGuilin & Li River
Guangxi
The Li River or Li Jiang is the name for the upper reaches of the Gui River in northeastern Guangxi, China. It is part of the Xijiang River system in the Pearl River basin, flowing 164 kilometres (102 mi) from Xing'an County to Pingle County.
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The karst peaks and winding river of a thousand Chinese paintings.
MountainsMount Everest (Tibet)
Tibet
Mount Everest (known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā, in Sherpa as Chamolangma, and in Tibetan as Jomolangma/Čhomolangma is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit.
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Earth's highest mountain, climbed from its northern Tibetan side.
LakesJiuzhaigou Valley
Sichuan
Jiuzhaigou is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China. A long valley running north to south, Jiuzhaigou was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1992 and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997.
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Multicoloured lakes, waterfalls and snow peaks in a fairy-tale valley.
MountainsYellow Mountains
Anhui
Huangshan, literally meaning the Yellow Mountain(s), is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It was originally called "Yishan", and it was renamed because of a legend that the Yellow Emperor once made alchemy here.
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Granite peaks, twisted pines and seas of cloud.
RocksZhangye Danxia
Gansu
Zhangye National Geopark is located in Sunan and Linze counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, in Gansu, China. It covers 322 square kilometres (124 sq mi).
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Rainbow-striped hills of layered red and gold sandstone.
RiversYangtze River
Central China
The Yangtze River, Yangzi River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in China and the third-longest river in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows for 6,236 kilometers (3,875 mi), including the Dam Qu River, the longest source of the Yangtze, in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea.
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Asia's longest river, carving the dramatic Three Gorges.
DesertsGobi Desert
Inner Mongolia
The Gobi Desert is a large, cold desert and grassland region in southern Mongolia and North China. It is the sixth-largest desert in the world.
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A vast cold desert of gravel plains and shifting dunes.
MountainsLeshan & Mount Emei
Sichuan
Mount Emei, alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin.
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A sacred Buddhist mountain cloaked in cloud forest.
CavesReed Flute Cave
Guangxi
The Reed Flute Cave, also known as "the Palace of Natural Arts," is a landmark and tourist attraction in Guilin, Guangxi, China.
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A floodlit cavern of fantastic stalactites near Guilin.