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Yardang Lanform: It is distributed inside the Yardang scenic spot. The total number of Yardang landforms accounts for more than five thousand. Being diverse and well-proportioned, it preserves the products from each stage of development. It is the most typical representative landforms whatever at home or abroad. There are both gryada-shaped Yardang group extending from north to south and tower-shaped Yardang group extending from east to west, representing the large-scale multi-type Yardang combination group. According to the shape, it can be divided into gryada type, wall type, tower type, column type and Yardang monadnock. As a typical representative region with extreme arid climate, its high density inside the park is considered as a rare lanform in the world. Dunhuang Geopark is the best place to study Yardang landform’s formation, development and evolution. It also has a great significance in studying Yardang landform’s cause of formation, restoration of new construction activity, forecasting landform development direction and studying climate change in extreme arid areas. In addition, such a spectacular landform has a great tourism value and is the perfect place for leisure or adventures.
Gobi Landscape: It is distributed inside the Yardang scenic spot and is connected with Kumtag Desert in the west. Here, Gobi landscape and desert enhance each other’s beauty and various wonders are converged. Under the long-term drought climate, wind and blowing effect have made sand being blown by the gale and a layer of dark gravel was left on the Gobi surface, making a “Black Gobi” landscape which can only be seen at the junction from Gansu to Xinjiang and central Asia. It is the ideal place in studying the formation, development and evoluation of Gobi landscape and has great importance in exploring the relationship among desert, Gobi and Yardang landform. In addition, the mysterious and fascinating sightseeing in Gobi has great value for exploration and enjoyment for visitors and explorers.
Feather-shaped Sand Ridge: It is distributed inside the Yardang scenic spot. It extends from the eastern slopes towards the southwest of the inverse hillside and the overall trend is from north-to-east and south-to-west. The height is 10~15m, with some low sand ridges distributed among them. Feather-shaped sand ridge is the unique desert form in China and it has the great significance in studying the climatic and environmental conditions in arid areas. Meanwhile, its scientific value, aesthetic value and high ornamental value are also self-evident.
Mingsha Mountain: It is famous for its sound, it is one of the four Mount Mingshashans in China. Mountain is integrated by drift sand and sand is formed by red, yellow, green, white and black color composition. This has provided references in analyzing its form and material sources. The undulated sand mountains are developed with extensive and various types of dunes or dune chain and ripples, which are of great importance in studying the desert formation, development and evolution of the environment in northwest regions. It is close to Dunhuang, such an unique desert oasis, Mount Mingshashan has provided a good foundation in tersm of desert control, exploration and utilization in northwest regions.
Crescent Spring: It is surrounded by Mount Mingshashan and is famous for its moon shape. It is created from the combined effects of the geological and hydrological conditions as a natural wonder, namely “The First Spring in Desert”. It has about 200m in length from east to west and 25m in width from north to south. The spring water has an average depth at 0.8m and the stream is steady year after year. It has a great significance in exploring the origin and evolution of the lakes in desert. The combination of Mount Mingshashan with Crescent Moon Spring enhance people with a deeper understanding, except the exploration of the nature’s magical wonders, of the importance in protecting the ecological environment, the Dunhuang oasis and the importance in prmoting a harmonious development between man and nature, so as to play the role as an ecological warning.
Sedimentary Structural Trace: Yardang resort has developed rich sedimentary structure remains, among which parallel bedding, horizontal bedding, cross bedding, wavy bedding and other bedding structures has important implications for the analysis of sedimentary environment and hydrodynamic conditions in Yardang areas. mud cracks, rain marks, small wave ripples symmetrical straight ridge, together with other structures has also important meanings for the analysis of sedimentary environment and restoration of the ancient geography.