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Huangguoshu Falls
Huangguoshu Falls

Huangguoshu Falls has been enjoying the fame of "No.1 Falls in China". Having an average altitude of around 2000m, this place is of typical karst topography and is blessed with soundly-protected natural scene.

 

Lying in Anshun county of Guizhou Province, it's formed by 18 waterfalls of various sizes. The Huangguoshu Falls is the largest, measuring 74 meters tall and 81 meters wide. The waters flowing at a capacity of 737 cubic meters per second, come from an area of 770 square kilometers. The thunderous roars of the waterfall can be heard within a distance of 5 kilometers. During the flood season, the torrential waters cascade down some thousand feet from the cliff tops to the Pool of Xiniu encircled on three sides by the mountains, dashing against rocks with deafening noises and throwing up turbulent waves which rise and tumble like thousands of galloping horses. The misty water sprays shot up some hundred meters, sparkling under the sunlight like myriad rainbows. In the dry season, the Waterfall hangs over the precipitous cliffs, swinging like countless silvery chains and plunging into the magic lake as though they were silvery dragons. The most fascinating is the 12 meters high water-screen cave gifted with 6 cave windows, 5 yards, 3 springs and an inner waterfall. One can stroll about the cave, watching through the windows the outside waterfall.

 

Here, collision of the water and rocks creates dense smog, which turns into colorful and marvelous rainbows under the effect of sunshine. There is a couplet at the Fall Viewing Pavilion on the cliff at the other side of the falls. It reads “Cotton-like white water splashes without being fluffed; brocade-like rosy clouds gather without being weaved”, which is a vivid reflection of the scene of Huangguoshu Falls.

 

With water erosion and collapse strategy has steadily increased, more and more underground river cave, So along the surface wadis clustered development of the shaft and skylights, which have continued to expand, merging, Collapse, causing the present magnificent Huangguoshu Falls and Falls downstream deeply dangerous gorge. I hope you raise your camera and shoot Huangguoshu Waterfall, stay in your memory, publicity to more people, because China is the Huangguoshu Waterfall and also belongs to the world.

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