A Brief Introduction of Dehua County(2)

which is 184.3 meters high, have the largest single-stage fall in East China. The falls was appraised as one of the top eighteen landscapes in Quanzhou City in 2004. "Penglai on Land" Nine Immortals Mountain is a famous tourist attraction at provincial level and important place for Buddhists' religious activities. The extraordinary and magnificent scenes there impress tourists deeply. Dehua is rich in forest resources and has good ecological environment. The current forest land covers 2.5 million mu, and the forest coverage reaches 85%. The store of forest with above 10 million cubic meters makes up 51% of the total in Quanzhou City. Various kinds of trees and vegetations make a refreshing natural "Oxygen Bar".
The whole county's waterpower resource is sufficient and the power industry is booming. Dehua currently owns about 130 hydroelectric power stations with a total installed capacity of over 230,000 kilowatts. The installed capacity of small hydropower takes the lead in the whole nation, therefore Dehua is appraised as "A Land of Small Hydropower in China".
Dehua is endowed with abundant mineral resources. There are more than 40 mineral products mainly including kaolin, coal, limestone, peat, pyrophyllite, gold, cuprum, tungsten and manganese, etc. Especially the potential reserves of kaolin, iron ore and limestone are up to 100 millions tons and over 30 tons of gold takes the lead in the province.