Shilin Karst

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Shilin Karst is a renowned limestone landscape in Yunnan, China, famous for its dramatic stone pillars and formations that resemble a vast stone forest.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shilin Karst canonical 1
Stone Forest 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
karst landscape ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Yi people ⓘ
ChineseName 石林 ⓘ
climate subtropical ⓘ
contains Liziqing Stone Forest ⓘ
linked to: Naigu Stone Forest

Major Stone Forest Scenic Area ⓘ
Minor Stone Forest Scenic Area ⓘ
Naigu Stone Forest ⓘ
Qifeng Cave ⓘ
Zhiyun Cave ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalSignificance important in local Yi folklore ⓘ
distanceFromKunming approximately 80 kilometers ⓘ
ecosystemType karst ecosystem ⓘ
formationProcess long-term dissolution of limestone by water ⓘ
geologicalAge Palaeozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Permian ⓘ
knownFor dramatic karst formations ⓘ
scenic stone forest landscape ⓘ
tower-like limestone pillars ⓘ
landformType stone forest ⓘ
literalMeaning Stone Forest ⓘ
linked to: Shilin Karst
locatedIn Shilin Yi Autonomous County ⓘ
Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
managementBody Shilin Scenic Area Administration ⓘ
near Kunming ⓘ
linked to: Kunming, China

Shilin County town ⓘ
notableFeature pinnacle karst ⓘ
stone pillars up to tens of meters high ⓘ
partOf South China Karst ⓘ
partOfSerialPropertyWith Libo Karst ⓘ
Wulong Karst ⓘ
protectionStatus national scenic area of China ⓘ
province Yunnan Province ⓘ
region southwestern China ⓘ
rockType limestone ⓘ
tourismImportance major domestic tourist destination in China ⓘ
popular international tourist destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (vii) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2007 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritagePropertyName South China Karst ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
visitorFacilities tourist trails ⓘ
viewing platforms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South China Karst → hasPart → Shilin Karst ⓘ
Shilin Karst → literalMeaning → Stone Forest ⓘ
linked to: Shilin Karst