Houer Tiankeng scenic spot

Tiankeng, geographically named "karst funnel", also known as "Shiwei group"

Houer Tiankeng scenic spot

Houer Tiankeng tourist resort is located in the middle of Kaiyang County, taoziwo village group, Shitou village, Chengguan town. It is connected with Dongshan village, Chengguan town in the East, Nanliang village in the north and Shitou village in the southwest. Tiankeng, geographically named "karst funnel", also known as "Shiwei group". As for the formation of Tiankeng, scientifically speaking, it is in the large area of carbonate rock area. Due to abundant rainfall, the rainwater erodes the rock mass along the fissures, forming a groundwater system. The groundwater continuously erodes and transports the rock strata for a long time, gradually forming a huge underground cavity. When the crust moves, it is affected by the orogeny, and the underground river system continuously erodes downward, thus producing the whole earth It is formed by vertical collapse or continuous downward erosion of rock strata. There are two types of Tiankeng: erosion type and collapse type. In the process of formation, erosion and collapse are carried out at the same time. The erosion type Tiankeng is generally funnel-shaped, while the collapse type Tiankeng will form a columnar shape, surrounded by cliffs. The monkey ear Tiankeng is of collapse type. The diameter of Tiankeng mouth is 300 meters, the depth of Tiankeng is 280 meters, and the maximum diameter of Tiankeng bottom is 280 meters. The resort belongs to subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest belt. The original vegetation is middle subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, but it has not been preserved much. Most of them are evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest. The arbor layer mainly includes Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Populus davidiana, Castanea mollissima, Liquidambar formosana, camphor, etc.; the shrub layer mainly includes Rhododendron, Coriaria, Pyracantha fortuneana, etc.

Houer Tiankeng tourist resort is located in the middle of Kaiyang County, taoziwo village group, Shitou village, Chengguan town. It is connected with Dongshan village, Chengguan town in the East, Nanliang village in the north and Shitou village in the southwest. Tiankeng, geographically named "karst funnel", also known as "Shiwei group". As for the formation of Tiankeng, scientifically speaking, it is in the large area of carbonate rock area. Due to abundant rainfall, the rainwater erodes the rock mass along the fissures, forming a groundwater system. The groundwater continuously erodes and transports the rock strata for a long time, gradually forming a huge underground cavity. When the crust moves, it is affected by the orogeny, and the underground river system continuously erodes downward, thus producing the whole earth It is formed by vertical collapse or continuous downward erosion of rock strata. There are two types of Tiankeng: erosion type and collapse type. In the process of formation, erosion and collapse are carried out at the same time. The erosion type Tiankeng is generally funnel-shaped, while the collapse type Tiankeng will form a columnar shape, surrounded by cliffs. The monkey ear Tiankeng is of collapse type. The diameter of Tiankeng mouth is 300 meters, the depth of Tiankeng is 280 meters, and the maximum diameter of Tiankeng bottom is 280 meters. The resort belongs to subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest belt. The original vegetation is middle subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, but it has not been preserved much. Most of them are evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest. The arbor layer mainly includes Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Populus davidiana, Castanea mollissima, Liquidambar formosana, camphor, etc.; the shrub layer mainly includes Rhododendron, Coriaria, Pyracantha fortuneana, etc.

Address: taoziwo, Shitou village, Chengguan Town, Kaiyang County, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province

Longitude: 107.00171

Latitude: 27.0973