This geopark is located in western Ninghua County, Fujian Province, and became a national geopark in 2004. It has an area of 42 km2. Its geological heritage includes hundreds of karst caves that are mainly located within an area of 16 km2, with a cave density of 30,500 m/km2. The park also contains Cretaceous mussel fossils, tortoise fossils, Pleistocene vertebrate fossils, ancient human remains and Danxia landforms.
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(2020). Ninghua Swan Karsts National Geopark, Fujian. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1751
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