元谋位于滇中地区楚雄彝族自治州北部龙川江下游河谷地段,金沙江从其北部蜿蜒而过,气候干热,是我国著名的反季瓜菜基地。在元谋,有闻名于世的土林奇观。近些年来,随着旅游事业的发展,元谋土林已成为我省一个旅游热点。土林是怎样形成的呢?土林是受社会、经济、人口、自然等综合因素影响形成的。人类为了自身的生存和发展,自觉和不自觉地向大自然不断扩大索取,使自然植被遭到严重破坏。由于地面无覆盖物,铁锰胶结物质分布不均的红土地区,在雨水的强度冲刷影响下,经过漫长时间的演变,就形成了千姿百态的“恶果”——土林。据资料统计,元谋 Yuanmou is located in the lower reaches of the Longchuan River in the northern part of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in central Yunnan. The Jinsha River winds its way through the northern part of the Jinsha River, making it a hot and dry climate. It is a famous anti-gourd vegetable base in China. In Yuanmou, there is a famous world forest miracle. In recent years, with the development of tourism, Yuanmou soil forest has become a tourist hotspot in our province. What is the formation of soil forest? Soil is influenced by the social, economic, population, nature and other factors. For their own survival and development, human beings have conscientiously and unconsciously extended their requests to nature and severely damaged the natural vegetation. Due to the lack of covering on the ground and the uneven distribution of ferromanganese cements, the red soil area, under the influence of the erosion of the intensity of rainwater, has evolved a long history of “evil consequences” - soil forest. According to statistics, Yuanmou