Ginshiƙan Awa Sand

Ginshiƙan Duniya na Awa, wanda kuma ake kira Ginshiƙai na Awa Sand ko Awa no Douban), tsari ne na sandstone da dutse da ke cikin garin Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, a tsibirin Shikoku, Japan. Tsarin yana tare da Dochū-Kōtsu Prefectural Natural Park. 

Ginshiƙan Awa Sand
Labarin ƙasa
Kasa	Japan
Territory	Awa (en)

An tsara wannan tsari a matsayin dukiyar halitta ta Japan.

Bayyanawa

Ginshiƙan duniya da aka gani a Awa sune hoodoos, ƙananan ƙuƙwalwar dutse waɗanda aka yi amfani da su ta hanyar da za su ɗauki siffar da ba a saba gani ba. Sabanin sauran tsarin dutse, ana kirkirar hoodoos lokacin da wani nau'in dutse mai wuya ya samo asali sama da dutse mai laushi; yayin da iska, ruwan sama, da sauran hanyoyin halitta suka lalace a hankali, dutse mai taushi yana lalacewa da sauri fiye da dutse e wuya (wanda aka sani da "ƙwallo"), yana haifar da ƙusa ko ginshiƙi. Ci gaba da rushewar dutse mai laushi yana haifar da murfin ya girma ba tare da kwanciyar hankali ba, a ƙarshe ya faɗi kuma ya fallasa sauran ginshiƙan ga rushewa.

A cikin wurin shakatawa na Tsuchiya Takakoshi, an yi hoodoos da aka gani daga yadudduka na tsohuwar dutse da yashi (daga baya an matsa su cikin sandstone) wanda Kogin Yoshino da ke kusa, wanda aka yi amfani da shi don rufe yankin. An yi la'akari da cewa an kafa shi shekaru miliyan 1.2 da suka gabata, dutsen da aka kwantar da shi da kogin ya kwashe a hankali fiye da sandstone, yana haifar da tsarin dutse mara kyau. Awa hoodoos sun bambanta da girman da siffar; wasu daga cikin ƙananan ginshiƙai suna da mita 10 a tsawo, yayin da mafi girma (mai suna "Wadakuto") yana da mita 90 a tsawo. Hoodoos a Awa suna daya daga cikin irin wadannan tsari guda uku a duniya, tare da sauran biyu suna cikin Dutsen Rocky da Tyrol.

Rubuce-rubucen farko na kafa ya kasance a cikin 800 AD. A watan Mayu 1935 an sanya kafawar a matsayin Tarihin Halitta na Kasa. kuma daga baya aka haɗa shi cikin Dochū-Kōtsu Prefectural Natural Park . Shafin yana ɗaya daga cikin Sceneries 88 na Tokushima .