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Stone Forest
 The
Stone Forest is situated in the Lunan Yu Autonomous
County 126 kilometers southeast of Kunming. A
typical karst formation, the Stone Forest covers
an area of more than three hundred square kilometres.
Scientific research has shown that what is now
the Stone Forest was 270 million years ago an
immense expanse of water with a vast stretch of
limestone sediment formed over the years on the
seafloor. As a result of the crustal movement,
the seabed rose gradually and a large piece of
land thus came into being. Exposed to rains and
winds, eroded by the elements, the thrtist-up
limestone ranges were shaped bv time. About 200
million vears ago numerous stone peaks, pillars,
and stalagmites rose abruptly from the ground
and towered into the sky, extending now as far
as the eye can see, looking like a vast forest
of stone, hence the name "the Stone Forest".
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