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Rainbow Mountains, Zhangye National Geopark, China: The Rainbow Mountains are cretaceous sandstones and siltstones that were deposited in China before the Himalayan Mountains were formed. The sand and silt was deposited with iron and trace minerals that provided it with the key ingredient to form the colors we see today....Known for its colorful rock formations, Zhangye National Geopark is located in Sunan and Linze counties within the prefecture-level city of Zhangye, in Gansu, China. It covers an area of 322 square kilometres. Wikipedia

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Zhangye 张掖 is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south.

Zhangye lies on the frontier of China proper, historically protecting it from the nomads of the north and permitting its armies access to the Tarim Basin. During the Han dynasty, Han armies were often engaged against nomadic people (e.g. the Xiongnu) in this area. It was also an important outpost on the Silk Road. Before being over-run by the Mongols, it was dominated by the Western Xia dynasty, and before that it was a vassal state for the Uyghurs.

The Yuan Dynasty’s founder (Genghis Khan’s grandson) Kublai Khan is said to have been born in Zhangye. Marco Polo's journal states that he spent a year in the region during his journey to China.

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Zhangye Danxia National Geopark, China, 張掖丹霞国家地質公園, 甘粛, 中国

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zhangye, gansu, china

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Florian Delalée Explored The Beauty Of Earth And Captured The Most Beautiful Landscapes Of China

Zhangye, Gansu

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Rainbow Mountain at the Zhangye National Geopark in Gansu, China

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Zhangye Danxia Geopark, China