Explore Huanggang Dabieshan UNESCO Global Geopark, Hubei Province

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Huanggang Dabieshan UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the Hubei Province in central China. The terrain is marked by higher elevations in the north and lower elevations in the south. Its unique location as part of the warm subtropical monsoon zone causes a humid climate, abundant rain and distinctive seasons, which have created a region with dazzling biodiversity. The area demonstrates the geological evolution of eastern China. The collision between the North China Plate and the Yangtze Plate has laid the foundation for the tectonic framework and led to the formation of the Dabie central mountain range. The area is located in the south of the Dabie Mountains and retains ancient continental roots of the geologic processes related to the formation of the mountain range, shown in the combination of specific rock types and rock sequences, e.g. garnet biotite gneiss and greenstone belt, exposed more than 2.8 billion years ago. The high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rock, eclogite, is key evidence of the subduction and collision between the North China Block and the Yangtze Block. Two large shear zones in the northwest and northeast extension reflect the tectonic deformation related to the formation of the Dabie Mountains, which exposed a wide range of intrusive rocks from the Neoarchian era (2,800 to 2,500 million years ago) to the Mesozoic era (252 to 66 million years ago).

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