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The Maling River Grand Canyon is located in the northeastern part of Xingyi City, southwest Guizhou, with an altitude of 1200m, covering an area of 450 square km. The great rift in the canyon is more than 70km long, with a valley width of 50-150m and a depth of 120-280m. The Maling River Grand Canyon is known for its deep and rapid valley flow, woven cliff walls, cascading silver waterfalls, and its landscape characterized by ground fissures, flying waterfalls, and calcium carbonate wall hangings. It is renowned worldwide by the name 'Heavenly Trench and Earthly Crevice Valley of a Hundred Waterfalls', and has received numerous praises such as 'The World's Number One Crevice', 'The Most Beautiful Mountain and River on Earth', and 'China's Number One Rafting Spot'. The Maling River Canyon is a national 4A-level scenic spot and a national geological park. The Maling River Canyon combines grandeur, strangeness, danger, and beauty. It is a large rift formed by deep cutting during orogenic movements, with group waterfalls flowing inside the valley, bamboo hanging upside down, connected caves, and ancient trees and famous woods dotted on both sides, presenting a myriad of forms. The most peculiar landscape is the group of calcified waterfalls, with deep valleys, rapid flows, numerous waterfalls, and well-preserved primitive ecology. The rock paintings are charming, constituting a 'Southwest Marvelous Crevice, a World Marvel'. The Maling River Canyon scenic area features a magical crevice landscape characterized by thousands of peaks, hundreds of islands, waterfalls, strange valleys, and colorful paintings, representing a scenic area where the multi-level karst landform landscape is concentrated. The area is rich in cultural relics, strong ethnic customs, a mild and humid climate, spring-like all seasons, small temperature differences between day and night, making it an ideal place for people to seek tranquility, enjoy the scenery, visit historical sites, explore wonders, escape the summer heat, and relax.
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Posted: Apr 7, 2024
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