{"id":5267,"date":"2025-09-13T12:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2025-09-13T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:28:25","slug":"scientists-discovered-a-sinkhole-630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5267","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discovered A Sinkhole 630"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ancient Forest Discovered in Giant Sinkhole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep inside a 630-foot sinkhole in China\u2019s Leye-Fengshan Global Geopark, scientists have discovered a vast, ancient forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Unique Geological Wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the area is known for its dramatic karst landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNESCO says the geopark is \u201cprimarily sedimentary with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>more than 60 percent of 3000m thick Devonian to Permian carbonate rocks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaped by Nature Over Millennia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The park forms \u201can \u2018S\u2019-shaped structure and a rhombus configuration\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that guided the formation of underground rivers like the Bailang and Poyue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These features helped create numerous geosites such as \u201ckarst peak clusters (fengcong), poljes, caves, cave chambers, and speleothems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Site of Global Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNESCO notes the park holds \u201cthe world\u2019s most beautiful karst windows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the highest density of tiankengs, and the world\u2019s longest natural bridges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also contains fossils, fault zones, and major cave systems, making it a globally significant natural wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the video below:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside China&#039;s mysterious sinkhole \u2013 BBC REEL\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-3BQg3ua10?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient Forest Discovered in Giant Sinkhole Deep inside a 630-foot sinkhole in China\u2019s Leye-Fengshan Global Geopark, scientists have discovered a vast, ancient forest. A Unique Geological Wonder Located in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the area is known for its dramatic karst landscape. UNESCO says the geopark is \u201cprimarily sedimentary with more than 60 percent of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5269,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions\/5269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}