Geopark Merangin including Kerinci National Park area is
still relatively intact. According to experts, the geopark was estimated to be
300 million years old. Therefore, the venue will be the geologist's research
fields, in studying the evolution of the earth.
The geopark region Merangin, pretty much fossil remains of
wood, plants, and shellfish are printed in sedimentary rocks petrified lava,
and volcanic ash ancient mountain. These fossils are scattered along the river
Batang Merangin and Mengkarang, the fossils were also found in the soil.
Merangin Geopark has an area of 20 360 square kilometers,
is divided into four sections. Namely, paleobotany Park Merangin, Highland Park
Kerinci, Geo Cultural Park Sarolangun, and Godwana Park Mountains Thirty Hill
(Tanjungjabung West). Paleobotany Park Merangin divided into three zones.
Namely, catchment zone (main gate) in the city of Bangko, geoconservation core
zone, bioconservation, cultural, and conservation and buffer zones, which is
the area along the river.
Size paleobotany Park Merangin is 1,551 square km, which is
divided into two zones. The first zone is called geoconservation, there are two
blocks. Namely, Flora Jambi region which includes Air Batu village, to the
village of Tanjung Biuku and Sengayu kers region, in the River manau and
Jangkat kers. The kers Sengayu there are 13 cave ever explored the local
community for 12 days.
The second zone is called bioconservation. Namely, protected
forest areas, and forests in Merangin. One of them, Guguk indigenous forest, in
the village Guguk, sub Renah Pembarap. This forest has an area of
approximately 690 hectares.
Geopark in the district is found from inadvertence Merangin
local community to discover ancient fossil measuring 2.5 meters, precisely on
the edge of the river where they do rafting. Jambi Merangin Geopark is indeed a
favorite place rafting championship, because there are 18 rapids along the river
Batang Merangin.
Geological wealth, owned geopark Merangin, considered more
complete than the geopark in China or in the United States. Geopark Merangin
was estimated to be 300 million years old, and is the oldest in the world
geopark sites.
Merangin Geopark officially became a member of the National
Geopark Indonesia on 25 September 2013 along with five other region. Namely,
Lake Toba, North Sumatra: Mount Rinjani, West Nusa Tenggara: Raja Ampat, Papua:
Regions Sewu Kars, Central Java and Green Canyon, West Java.
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