The Chocolate Hills on Bohol Island (Bohol Province of the Philippines) is a unique natural formation that is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. They are the main attraction of the province: their image is on the flag and coat of arms.
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When you hear the name "Chocolate Hills", you imagine that, perhaps, these hills are simply covered with cocoa trees. In fact, they got their "sweet" name because of one of the properties of the grass that grows on them.
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| Chocolate Hills Bohol Philippines |
As it grows, this herb dries up and changes its color to brown, painting the hills in a chocolate color that is not the most common for nature. A special flavor to the whole picture is given by the "framing" of green forests.
Chocolate hills have a regular cone shape and differ only in height. The elevation level is from 30 m to 100 m. In autumn and winter, the hills are green; they begin to darken closer to spring. There are more than 1200 such hills in this area.
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| Chocolate Hills Bohol Philippines |
There are many scientific hypotheses about the origin of this natural miracle of extraordinary beauty, but scientists still do not have a common opinion.
So, according to one version, this area was previously the ocean floor, and the Chocolate Hills are simply a consequence of the descent of water. According to another assumption, such growths are formed as a result of volcanic eruptions. Over the years, they became covered with a lime crust and acquired the shape of hills.
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Another version is based on the rise of coral deposits, which, under the influence of soil and water, have been transformed in such a bizarre way.
Each of the versions has the right to exist, but the researchers know only one thing for sure: Chocolate Hills is a natural formation, that is, formed without human intervention.