Perched in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, Zhangye Danxia National Geopark occupies a high, windswept shelf ...

If you've ever visited the Grand Canyon, Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs or the astonishingly rainbow-colored hills of China's Zhangye National Geopark, you likely noticed they have one thing in ...

MelindaChan / Getty Images. The Zhangye National Geopark in Gansu, China is home to a series of vibrant mountain ridges of many colors. The bands of red, blue, and orange striping the hillsides ...

Nestled in the heart of China's Gansu Province, Zhangye Danxia Geopark, popularly known as the "Rainbow Mountains," beckons adventurers and nature enthusiasts to a mesmerizing landscape like no other.

Zhangye - from glorious past to shining future Updated: 2015-12-18 By Hao Nan ( China Daily ) . Richness of culture, resources, farming and landscape make city unique, Hao Nan reports.

These bare rocky ridges, protected in Zhangye Danxia National Geopark in Gansu Province, look truly improbable on two counts. First, the rock is deeply eroded into towers, humps and strange shapes.

A UNESCO Global Geopark is not only about cooperation with the local people living in the UNESCO Global Geopark area, but also about collaborating with other UNESCO Global Geoparks through the Global ...