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Granite Peak Cluster and Canyon


     The granite peak forest alternates with canyons in Sanqingshan, bringing about a majestic peak cluster and canyon landscape made of granite. Crustal movement continuously uplifted the granite mass which, under weathering erosion, formed the peak forest. In the meantime, the middle and lower part of the massif, due to erosion cut along joints or massive rupture surface, becoming a canyon. Thus, the granite peak forest is often combined with granite canyon. 
      Did  you know that the granite landform in Sanqingshan is known as the most beautiful granite in the Western Pacific Region? 
      ①The elevation of the entire granite mass formed the granite massif. In the process of elevation, which was swift, many ruptures and fractures (joints) appeared under pressure. 

    ②The elevated granite massif was weathered and eroded to a peak forest cluster along fractures while the breaking part of the massif dipped to become a canyon as it was eroded by water.

 

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