Vietnam's Ha Long Bay Is a Spectacular Garden of Islands
Ha Long Bay is truly a natural wonder of the world. this mountain range in the sea was chosen as one of the seven most beautiful places in the world.
Halong Bay in the Gulf of Tonkin comprises some 1,600 islands and islets that form a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Due to their harsh nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and untouched by human presence. The unique scenic beauty of this place is accompanied by its great biological interest.
Summary :
Ha Long Bay is located in the Gulf of Tonkin in Quang Ninh Province in north-eastern Vietnam, 165 km from the capital Ha Noi. With an area of 43,400 hectares and over 1,600 islands and islets, most of which are uninhabited and untouched by humans, it forms a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars and is an ideal model of a mature karst landscape formed in a climatic heat. and humid tropical climate. The exceptionally beautiful landscape of the property completes its great biological interest.
The exceptional value of the property is centered on submerged limestone karst formations that feature dramatic columns with a variety of coastal erosion features such as arches and caves creating an impressive natural setting. The repeated regression and transgression of the sea on the karst limestone over geological time has produced a mature landscape of clusters of conical pinnacles and individual towers, modified by sea intrusion, adding yet another element to the process of lateral weakening of the limestone towers. and the islands.
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Criterion (vii): Consisting of numerous limestone islands and islets emerging from the sea, of various sizes and shapes, presenting scenic and pristine nature, Ha Long Bay is a spectacular nature-sculpted seascape. The structure retains a high degree of naturalness and has not undergone any significant degradation despite its long history of human use.Unique features of the property include the magnificent towering limestone pillars and associated notches, arches and caves which are exceptionally well developed and among the best exposed of their kind in the world. Criterion (viii): As the world's largest and best-known example of a sea-infested karst tower, Halong Bay is among the largest fengcong (groups of conical peaks) and fenglin (individual tower elements) in the world. karst areas. Abundant lakes in flooded valleys are one of the characteristic features of the Fencong Karst, and some appear to have been tidal. The caves possess a great variety of caves and other landforms, resulting from the unusual geomorphological process of
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karst towers intruded from the sea, and are divided into three main types: remains of phreatic caves; ancient karst caves and sea caves. The facility also represents the full range of karst formation processes on a very large scale and over a very long geological time period, has the most complete and extensive example of its kind in the world and provides a unique and extensive data reservoir for the future. Understanding the history of geoclimate and the nature of karst processes in a complex environment.
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