Bản Giốc Detian waterfalls
| Bản-Giốc-Detian waterfall | ||
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 The waterfall viewed from the Chinese side |
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 51 '20 " N , 106 ° 43' 24" E | |
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| place | Vietnam ( Cao Bằng Province ) and People's Republic of China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Daxin County ) | |
| height | Falling edge : 53 m | |
| width | 300 m | |
| Number of fall levels | 3 | |
| flow | Quy Xuân ( Guichun He ) | |
The Bản Giốc Detian Waterfalls ( Chinese 德 天 - 板 約 瀑布 / 德 天 板 约 瀑布 , Pinyin Détiān-Bǎnyuē Pùbù ) are the world's fourth largest waterfalls on the border between two countries - after the Iguazú , Victoria and the Niagara Falls . They are divided equally in the province of Cao Bằng in Vietnam and in the circle Daxin the city Chongzuo Autonomous Region Guangxi the Zhuang in the People's Republic of China . The river Quy Xuân (Chinese Guichun He ), which belongs to the catchment area of the west river , flows there in a multi-stage cascade 300 meters wide over a height difference of about 53 meters. The river carries the largest amount of water in the months May to September.
The region is mainly inhabited by the Zhuang (or Tay and Nung ), Miao (or Hmong ), Yao (or Dao) and Hoa (or Han ) peoples on both sides of the state border . During the French colonial occupation in the early 1920s, the site was used for recreation and (fish) hunting.
The area is characterized by karst mountains and rice terraces . Not far is the limestone cave Nguom Ngao . Many boarding houses in the country are adorned with the waterfall motif and pictures of the cave.
The waterfall is rarely visited by the Vietnamese side. Only a bamboo bridge facilitates access to the rafts. With them, the waterfall can be explored from both sides of the state. There is no longer a border post today. However, on the Vietnamese side, a viewing permit is required, which can easily be obtained at a police station on the feeder road. There are tourist facilities and a large resort on the Chinese side. Access is not controlled.
As in 25 other places, the Chinese army crossed the border here during the brief Sino-Vietnamese war in February 1979.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top 10 most beautiful Chinese waterfalls. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on September 7, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nick Ray, Peter Dragicevich, Regis St. Louis: Vietnam . In: Lonely Planet . 2007, ISBN 1-74104-306-9 , pp. 156 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Susan Cunningham, David Henley Vietnam - The Frontier in the North
- ↑ Cao Bang Vietnam Information ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Waterfall as seen from China
Rice cultivation in the immediate vicinity
Bản Giốc waterfalls as seen from the Vietnamese side
Bản Giốc waterfalls embedded in a karst landscape
Karst cone also here in the area
