Benxi Shuidong National Park

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Benxi Water Caves

Benxi Shuidong (Benxi Water Caves; Chinese: 本溪水洞国家公园) was made a national park on January 10, 1994. The Benxi Water Caves are located 30 km east of Benxi, Liaoning province, China. The Benxi Water Caves are a forest of stalactites and stalagmites within a cavern system lit by colored lighting. A river 3,000 meters long, 2 meters deep and wide enough for 20-30 boats, flows through a giant 5-million-year-old cavern system. Temperature inside the cave is constant throughout the year, is 12C. It is warm in winter and cold in summer, also it is open around the year.

The national park includes the water caves, a trek to a top of a mountain, woodstone kingdom, Taizi river rafting in a dinghy boat, and the geological museum which hosts many geological relics as well as rare specimens collected from the Benxi national park area.

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National parks of China

Beidaihe Benxi Shuidong Chengde Mountain Resort Dian Lake Dujiangyan Irrigation System Fuxian Lake Hexigten Huangguoshu Waterfall Huanglong Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Jinggangshan Jiuzhaigou Valley Longmen Grottoes Lushan Quaternary Glaciation Mount Cangyan Mount Emei Mount Heng (Hunan) Mount Heng (Shanxi) Mount Hua Mount Huang Mount Jiuhua Mount Lao Mount Li Mount Lu Mount Luofu Mount Mogan Mount Putuo Mount Qingcheng Mount Qingyuan Mount Qiyun Mount Sanqing Mount Song Mount Tai Mount Tianzhu Mount Wutai Pearl Shoal Waterfall Pudacuo Qianshan Qinghai Lake Sanshan Islands Shilin (Stone Forest) Taihu Lake Wangwushan - Yuntaishan Wudang Mountains Wulingyuan Wuyi Mountains Xixi Yuelu Mountain Yun Mountain Zhangjiajie

Geography of China

Coordinates: 41°18′N 123°46′E / 41.300°N 123.767°E / 41.300; 123.767

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