Dawodang depression

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Dawodang depression is a natural karst basin in Guizhou, China, best known as the site that hosts the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf karst basin
natural depression
astronomySiteType radio telescope site
continent Asia
country China
environment mountainous karst region
geologicalFeature karst depression
hasInfrastructure Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
hasScientificSignificance important site for radio astronomy observations
hostedBy Guizhou Province
hostedProject Chinese FAST project
knownFor hosting the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
site of FAST radio telescope
languageOfLocalArea Chinese
locatedIn Guizhou
linked to: Guizhou Province

Pingtang County
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
locatedOnPlanet Earth
notableTelescope FAST
partOf Karst landforms of Guizhou
linked to: Shibing Karst
selectionReasonForFAST radio-quiet environment
suitable natural bowl-shaped topography
terrainType karst
usedFor hosting large radio telescope
radio astronomy

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