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Xianren Bridge, the Glossary

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Xianren Bridge is a natural arch created by flowing water that has the world's longest recorded span.[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 7 relations: Buliu River, China, Guangxi, Karst, Limestone, List of longest natural arches, Natural arch.

  2. Landforms of Guangxi
  3. Natural arches of China
  4. Rock formations of China

Buliu River

Buliu River or Buliuhe is a river beginning with the convergence of the Yuli and Anxiang rivers in Lingyun County and flowing a northeasterly direction before ultimately joining the Hongshui River just before the Longtan Dam.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Guangxi

Guangxi, officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the Gulf of Tonkin.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of longest natural arches

This list of longest natural arches ranks the world's natural arches by the length of their span as defined and measured by the Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS).

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Natural arch

A natural arch, natural bridge, or (less commonly) rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath.

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See also

Landforms of Guangxi

Natural arches of China

Rock formations of China

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xianren_Bridge

Also known as Xian Ren Bridge, Xian Ren Qiao.