Caption

In Yuanyang County, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, the Hani rice terraces stretch across about 16, 000 hectares along the mountainous slopes of the Honghe region. Shaped over more than a thousand years and composed of thousands of terraces, they were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013

Date

Oct 31, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/ALESSANDRA MENICONZI

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BRK26F82_481

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NA

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No

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Rights managed

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63.3Mb (21.1Mb) / 19.2in x 12.8in / 5760 x 3840 (300dpi)

Keywords

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