This is a large-scale sandstone landscape in China formed by erosion. The calcareous alkali soil layer in Qian’an, Jilin Province, has a consolidated top that protects the underlying rock layers. Vertical joints are well developed, and through rainstorm scouring, groundwater erosion and subsurface erosion, the ground surface was dissected to form numerous channels, ditches and steep walls, leaving many isolated soil pillars, soil mounds or soil walls on the ground. Because these features resemble wolf teeth and stand along the lakeside terraces, the locals call them ‘Wolf teeth embankment’. Liu Dongshen called them ‘mud forest’ (Fig. 1).
Qian’an-type silty mud forest landscape – Qian’an, Jilin Province
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(2020). Qian’an-Type Mud Forest Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1978
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