Fishermen in Karst Landscape
A group of about nine fishing craft constructed by lashing bamboo poles together and some of their crews amidst some spectacular karst scenery that make journeys down the Li River near Guilin in southern China so famous.
Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate types such as limestone or dolomite. Subterranean rivers, cave systems and extravagant surface deformation due to weathering (all found along the Li River) are examples of some of the features found in karst scenery.
South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to sub-tropical karst landscapes. It is a serial site spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Chongqing and covers 176,228 hectares. It contains the most significant types of karst landforms, including tower karst, pinnacle karst and cone karst formations, along with other spectacular characteristics such as natural bridges, gorges and large cave systems. The Guilin Karst component in Guangxi province is located within Lijiang National Park and contains fenglin (tower) and fengcong (cone) karst formations.
I took this image during a leisurely boat ride down the Li River near Guilin in the summer of 1984. Scanned from a negative, I've cleaned it up in Lightroom and Photoshop. The map location is somewhat arbitrary.
Fishermen in Karst Landscape
A group of about nine fishing craft constructed by lashing bamboo poles together and some of their crews amidst some spectacular karst scenery that make journeys down the Li River near Guilin in southern China so famous.
Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate types such as limestone or dolomite. Subterranean rivers, cave systems and extravagant surface deformation due to weathering (all found along the Li River) are examples of some of the features found in karst scenery.
South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to sub-tropical karst landscapes. It is a serial site spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Chongqing and covers 176,228 hectares. It contains the most significant types of karst landforms, including tower karst, pinnacle karst and cone karst formations, along with other spectacular characteristics such as natural bridges, gorges and large cave systems. The Guilin Karst component in Guangxi province is located within Lijiang National Park and contains fenglin (tower) and fengcong (cone) karst formations.
I took this image during a leisurely boat ride down the Li River near Guilin in the summer of 1984. Scanned from a negative, I've cleaned it up in Lightroom and Photoshop. The map location is somewhat arbitrary.