The field trip

This was the photo taken by me during our geography field trip. My great geography partner Jennifer was trying to "push "the stack. The erosional feature of a headland.

The formation of a stack need a long process. First is the formation of a cave formed by the forces of the sea, waves erode the rock face of a coast line, produce huge caverns.Then, already existing caves are continously eroded by coastal erosion and the water starts to widen the cave. Further erosion of the cave will result in a natural arch when the wave's erosional power cuts through the headland. Next,wave energy will continue to erode through the arch until the roof become too thin to support itself. Eventually it will collapse, leaving an isolated pillar,and this pillar is called a stack.

These kinds of geography features can attract tourism and on the other hand, develop local economy. People love to name these features with metaphor or simile. I wanna to name this rock as "lonely heart" because this rock is really lonely. Do u agree??

dinosaur overseeing the sea

Look at this photo,do you think the shape of the rock is like a big dinosaur?The is a famous scenery in Dalian JinShitan Resorts called "KongLong Tan Hai" in English which means "Dinosaus overseeing the sea". This is formed because of the coastal erosion of a headland.
Through this blog, I'll talk about the formation of this fantastic landform I learned form my Geography class.

The first step in the process of headland erosion is the formation of a cave. A sea cave is formed by the forces of the sea, waves erode the rock face of a coast line, produce huge caverns.Already existing caves are continously eroded by coastal erosion and the water starts to widen the cave. Further erosion of the cave will result in a natural arch. This is formed when the wave's erosional power cuts through the headland. This scenery "Kongling Tan Hai " is actually a natural arch.

Based on my geography knowledge, after thousands of years, this scenery will become a stack and finally it will be a stump.Because wave energy will continue to erode through the arch, especially its roof. Then the roof will become too thin to support itself. Eventually it will collapse, leaving an isolated pillar called a stack. The stack, will then, be further eroded until it is all broken down into small pieces of rocks known as stumps which is an isolated upstanding rocks .

So, after thousands of years, this view will no longer exist as the coastal erosion continuous. The shape of this rock will change. Maybe this view will be called "lonely pillar" or something.

My trip to ZhangJiajie

I have seen many caves in China but the most impressed cave in my mind is HuangLong Cave in ZhangJia jie.In English,HuangLong Cave can be translated to Yellow Dragon Cave.Through this name, we can imagine how spectacular this cave is.

HuangLong Cave is located in the east of Suoxiyu Valley.It is an underground magic palace. In the cave, the path is zigzag. Stone shoots, stone stalactites, stone curtains, stone pianos, and stone flowers can be founded there. Before, I didn't know the formation of these spectacular landscape.Last week in geography class,we learned about karst landscape and I knew how this cave was formed.As the surface waters diappear underground ,limestone is dissolved and carried along in solution. Dripping water from the cave ceilings falls to the floor of the cave and here some of the limestone is deposited to creat a growing mound of deposit. And this deposite is called a stalagmite. Some similar feature is formed on the roof of the cave at the point where the water drips. And these hanging deposits are called stalactites. In the cave ,we can see pillars and this is fromed when the stalagmites and stalactites join together.

With the decoration of neon lights, the cave looks more atractive. When I wandered around here, I felt lost. The only thingI wanted to say when I walked out of the cave was " Nature is such a great artist!"

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MengDong River

When you see this picture,does this remind you the cool time when you are drifting?? Yeah,drifting on a rapid river is really a marvelous experience. I can still remember the time I was drifting on the MengDong River.

Mengdonghe River is situated 80km southeast of Zhangjiajie city. Between a remote canyon limestone cliffs. It is a beautiful river that is ranked among the top ones in china.

Look at this picture,we,the young geographers can tell the river is at its youth stage. Because a river in youth stage can cut a deep V-shaped valley as the fast moving water transport materials downstream. MengDongRiver is also dominanted by erosion as the turbulent water allows for little deposition to occur.We can also see various sizes of boulders along the river bed.In addition, the waves on the river can be seen easily , which indicates that the velocity of water is very fast.

When we were drifting, along the two sides of the river,limestone caves were everywhere, river was all in curves, water was so clear~~

This picture drives me to recall the fascinated experience when I was drifting. If you want to drift,MengDong River is really a worth place for you to visit.

YaLu River

This week, we learn a lot about rivers.So,I will talk about a river which I familiar with and have a research for.

I have travelled to Dan Dong when I was about 12 years old. Dan Dong is located along side of the YaLu River and in the south part of LiaoNing Peninsula.Dan Don gis the biggest border city in China.It borders on An Shan in the west,Benxi in the north,and Jin Lin in the northeast.Dan Dong faces Democratic People's Republic Of Korea across YaLu River as well.

The Yalu is about 800 km long.It flows from the Changbai mountains southwestward to Korea Bay.The Yalu River is used for generating hydroelectric power and for navigation.

Every year when ice starts melting, there will be spring flood. It is cool and humid across the whole region. The river does not have much sand so the water is very clear. The Yalu River freezes in the winter and there are many beaches and rapid waters in the upper and middle reaches ,so transportation is not good. However,below the Shuifeng Reservoir,transportation is available and the largest port is Dandong City.

The Yalu River features beautiful scenery. I 'm interested in the view here as well as the history because my grandpa had join the war which is known as Korean War.

The beautuful scenery here.

Tian Men Mountain

The beautiful scenery of Tian Men mountain.

I have travelled to ZhangJiaJie which is a nice city in Hu Nan province in the south part of China.Zhang Jia Jie is at 110°27′-110°53′east longitude and 29°20′-29°24′north latitude.Zhang Jia Jie is famous for her beautiful attractive mountains and clear .unique rivers.The most impressed moutain in my memory of Zhang Jia Jie is Tian Men Mountain.

The typical karst land scape, with limestone rocks covered is the feature of this mountain. In combination with the local climates,create a natural bonsai garden. The clmate her is wild and wet. Not very hot in summer but very wet in winter. At the foot is the 10000㎡Tian Men Mountain temple,the Buddhist center of western Hunan.

Another feature here is Tian Men Cave, the collapse of the mountain with the opening of the cave in 263AD is one of the so-called Six Unsolved Mysteries.

Even though it is called a cave, it is a natural bridge. It is 130m high and about 30m wide." It crosses a part of the mountain , a rock with vertical walls,which is about 70m thick,which results in a cave lenth of 60m, about half its height." This fits the defination of an arch and natural bridge." Tian Men Mountain translates to Gate To Heaven, which is also the name of an infamous in Peking."

Tian Men Cave became world famous ,hen a group of World Aerobatics crossed it first bt plane . I is also listed in the Guiness Book of Records for the first time a cave was cross by plane. This Aerobatic is called Peter Besenyei, a Hungarian Aerobatics Champion winner.The flight was sent on TV abd watched by people around the world. Then,another nine players all crossed the cave successfully.

Tian Men Mountain Cable Car and the snake -like road.

Looking at this picture. You can see cable cars as well as the snake-like roads. This road is called "The Road to the Gate of Heaven". In the south of China , the roads are always bult like this.Due to the mountaineous landscape, the road constructers have to buld the roads like this.This is a big different between the roads in the south part of China and the road in north part of China.

This is really a good tourist spot for travellers.