Huangguoshu scenic spot sits 45 kilometers southwest of Anshun City of Guizhou Province, 137 kilometers away from Guiyang. Standing in the center of 18 waterfalls in the spot, Huangguoshu Falls flows at a capacity of 737 cubic meters per second measuring 77.8 meters tall and 101 meters wide. It is ranked as the biggest waterfall in China and a significant falls in the world which is a very scarce giant falls in Karst area. The thunderous roars of Falls can be heard far away and the turbulent waves rise and tumble like thousands of galloping horses. Behind the Falls, there is a 100-meter-long waterfall cave hanging on the precipitous cliff, out of which people can sight the brilliant rainbow over the pool.
Chaotianmen in Chongqing
Chaotianmen locates at the melting belt of Yangtze River and Min River. In 314.BC, the ancient Chongqing city was built up. Chaotianmen e was additionally built as the biggest city gate amongst the 17 gates of the ancient Chongqing city in Ming Dynasty(1368--1644).
Chaotianmen initially became a customs when Chongqing city was a commercial port in 1891; it was built into Chaotianmen pier in 1927. Nowadays, Chaotianmen becomes a freight distributing center and a harbor also from which people can view the beautiful sceneries of Three Gorges.
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