Magnificent scenery of Mahuangliang Loess Geopark in Shaanxi(1/7)

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)

The depositional setting of the Chinese Loess Plateau was shaped by the tectonic movement in the Neogene period, after which strong southeast winds caused by the East Asian Monsoon transported sediment to the plateau during the Quaternary period.

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)

Magnificent autumn scenery of Mahuangliang loess geo-park at Mahuangliang Town of Yulin City, northwest China s Shaanxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Xie Jing)