#我来唠家常#
- The Legend of the Gentleman -
The drone crossed the air at an altitude of 400 meters,
A record of what the country looks like.
(Yes, this is one of our photo stories)
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400 meters above the ground
It's not like a satellite looking down on the globe
It's not as good as an airplane that can fly thousands of meters high
But it was high enough to see the ground
Not high, not low
Look down from there
Just enough to make out the color of the lake, the crowd frolicking by the river
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China
This is about 9.6 million square kilometers of land
It has a diverse landscape
The topography of the west and the east is vividly summarized as a "three-step ladder"
At an altitude of 400 meters
Let's look down one level at a time today
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The highest layer at the highest level, wild
The highest "ladder"
The average altitude is above 4,000 meters
The wildness of China in its entirety
It's all on this Tibetan plateau
Kunlun Mountain
The boundary mountain between the first and second steps
The mountain is also the center of ancient Chinese mythology
▲ Kunlun Mountain, Qinghai.
At an altitude of 400 meters, it overlooks the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
You can't see the snowy peaks towering into the sky
However, you can clearly see the saltwater lakes that dot the plateau
Dotted with dots, the color is like jasper
▲ Emerald Lake in the Qaidam Basin of Qinghai.
▲ An unnamed river in Tibet.
salt lake
It is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in addition to the glacial snow peaks
Another kind of white landscape
The salt lake is vast and has a flat and shallow water surface
So it became what people call the "mirror of the sky"
▲ Qinghai Chaka Salt Lake.
Sometimes due to its abundant production of sodium, magnesium, potassium and lithium
The salt lake is also known as the "cornucopia"
▲ Wattetalin in Sichuan, the only way from Hongyuan to Ruoergai and Songpan.
This plateau is an area inhabited by Tibetan, Qiang, Hui and other ethnic groups
Tibetans account for the majority
The prayer flags and pagoda temples under the air at an altitude of 400 meters record their stories
Take the first staircase all the way east
This "step" is more than 4,000 meters high
It was finally closed in Sichuan and Yunnan
The western Sichuan Plateau is a condensed version of it
Sichuan's unruly is on this plateau
The second staircase, full
Climb over the Hengduan Mountains between the first and second steps
It is the second level of the fullest ladder in China
▲ Jiulong Waterfalls in Luoping, Yunnan.
Satiety refers to many layers of meaning
This "Y" shaped staircase has a variety of landforms
There are forests and meadows in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia
▲ Autumn snow scene in Kanas, Xinjiang.
▲ Mordoga National Forest Park in Inner Mongolia.
▲ The Tianshan grassland in Xinjiang.
There are also traces left by the wind, Yadan landform
It is a typical wind-eroded landform
In the Uyghur language
"Yadan" means "steep mound"
▲ Gansu Yadan landform.
China's four major basins
In addition to the Qaidam Basin, the Junggar Basin
The Tarim Basin and the Sichuan Basin are on this ladder
China's four major plateaus
Except for the Tibetan Plateau
Inner Mongolia Plateau, Loess Plateau and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
It's all here
▲ Tengger Desert in Ningxia.
The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is very different
This "staircase" is a view of the other plateaus to the north
For example, Tulin
A columnar terrain shaped by earth-like accumulations that looks like a forest from afar
▲ Yuanmou Tulin in Yunnan.
And, of course, cascading terraces, and karst landscapes
▲ Hani terraces in Yuanyang, Yunnan.
▲ Puzhehei in Yunnan, located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is a typical karst landform.
Another fullness on this ladder is culture
On top of this ladder
The further southeast, the more pleasant the climate and the denser the population
Within this layer of geography
Nomads and agrarians were blended together
After a thousand years of history
In the end, it condensed into today's modern country - China
▲ Awancang Wetland in Gansu, which was once rated as one of the five most beautiful wetlands in China.
▲ The Great Wall of Shanxi Ming Dynasty.
A full culture can be sustained
The Loess Plateau on the second step gave birth to the Chinese civilization
It became the cornerstone of the country
▲ Shaanxi solar power plant.
▲ Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan.
▲ The rape flowers in Luoping, Yunnan, today are a kind of landscape that people flock to in spring.
The last step of the ladder, prosperous
Cross the plateau on the "Y" shaped staircase
Further east are the plains and hills on the third staircase
This is the most prosperous place in China
▲ Taihang Mountain, the boundary mountain between the second and third steps. Henan is on its southern side, and this topography also shapes the winding mountain road in the northern part of Henan.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen
These four "first-tier" cities are on the third tier
After the Two Song Dynasty, China's political and economic center shifted southward
It has shaped the rich and influential Jiangsu and Zhejiang
Yangzhou, why?
Why is Nanjing special in China?
On this ladder is a huge amount of wealth in China
▲ Guangzhou's Tianhe Interchange, with a population of more than 14 million, is located in the densely populated Pearl River Delta region of the country.
Alibaba, China's internet giant, is headquartered here
In recent years, Hangzhou has developed rapidly
"Hangpiao" and "New Line" have become the new labels that people have given it recently
▲ Qianjiang New Town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Eastern China is a densely populated region that consumes resources
In order to get more energy support
Since 2001, China has started the West-to-East Power Transmission Project
Hydropower resources on the first and second tiers are transported
East China, South China, and North China on the third ladder
▲ The Dongjiang Lake Dam in Zixing, Hunan, and the hydropower project on the Leishui River, a tributary of the Xiangjiang River.
Speaking of prosperity, it is difficult for us to think of the Northeast anymore
Most of the three eastern provinces are on the third ladder
Today, the Northeast is still geographically rich
▲ Rice fields in Jingbo Township, Heilongjiang.
It runs deep through the Great Khing'an Mountains of the three provinces of Heijiliao
The forest coverage rate is more than 7 percent
There are more than 400 species of rare birds and beasts such as wild boars, black chickens, and snow rabbits in the forest
There are more than 1,000 species of wild plants
It is a paradise of wild animals and plants in the high latitudes of China
The Northeast is still prosperous
But naturally
▲ The Great Khing'an Mountains in Qiqihar.
▲ Heilongjiang Zhalong Wetland.
▲ Panjin Red Beach, Liaoning.
Pyrotechnics are another footnote to prosperity
last century
The geographer Hu Huanyong drew a line of comparison between China's population density
From the Heihe River in the northeast corner to Tengchongzhi in the southwest corner
This area almost covers the third staircase
Most of the Chinese
It's all focused on this one ladder
Naturally, this is also the place where the fireworks are at their highest
▲ Jiangxi Ganzhou pontoon bridge.
▲ Guangxi Longji Terraces.
▲ The sea of flowers in Zhangjiakou, Hebei.
▲ Xiaodongjiang, Hunan.
China is not just a continental country
It is also a maritime nation
If you upgrade the existing "three ladders".
There is also a level on the oceans in the east and south of China
▲ Fujian islands and reefs.
In addition to the land territory area of 9.6 million square kilometers
China also has an area of 3 million square kilometers of ocean
It covers China's inland and border seas
China's coastline is more than 18,000 kilometers long
▲ The white sand beach in Sanya, Hainan.
▲ Hainan Fishery Farm.
This is a territory that China will not ignore
People only notice when the field of vision is raised from the eye to the top
It turns out that the country can be enriched like this