Located in Hongya County, Meishan, Sichuan Province, Wawu Mountain is the world’s second-largest and Asia’s largest table mountain, serving as the "southern gateway" to the Giant Panda National Park. Famous for its unique mesa landform and rich ecology, it is a product of geological movements over billions of years. Its lower section consists of Sinian limestone and dolomite (about 600 million years old), carved by rivers into deep gorges. Volcanic eruptions around 200 million years ago formed basalt, which, combined with limestone, created steep cliffs. Subsequent uplift along the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, capped by hundreds of meters of hard basalt resistant to weathering, shaped its flat-topped table form.

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Located in the heart of the West China Rain Screen, the area receives abundant rainfall, with 108 springs on the summit feeding 72 waterfalls—a rare high-altitude waterfall cluster. Among them, Lanxi Waterfall drops 1,040 meters, freezing into spectacular ice formations in winter. The ecosystem is intact: an 11-square-kilometer plateau atop the mountain is an ideal habitat for red pandas, and rare birds like the three-toed parrotbill and dark-sided parrotbill thrive here. Nearly 100 nationally protected plant species, including yew and dove trees, grow here, while hundreds of thousands of azaleas bloom in late spring, earning it the title "Kingdom of Azaleas."

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The Song Dynasty poet Lu You praised its majesty in verse. Today, it offers seasonal attractions: azaleas in spring, waterfalls in summer, autumn foliage, and icy landscapes in winter. Its selection highlights its unique geological value and significance for global biodiversity conservation.