本书内容丰富,文笔轻松有趣,融专业性与通俗性于一体,可以很好地帮助读者加深对中国地理概貌和生物资源的了解It helps readers deepen their understanding of China‘s natural conditions and their recognition of China’s new development concepts.
內容簡介:
“地图上的中国”系列图书利用地图作为讲述中国故事的载体,通过地图搭载丰富的中国历史文化、自然地理、当代发展等内容,同时在纸质图书基础上开发可视听化的电子读物,达成融合传播效果,帮助广大海内外读者更好地了解中国。本书从“锦绣大地”“动物王国”“植物世界”三个角度,图文并茂地介绍了中国的地理概貌和动植物资源。The China on the Map series uses the map as a carrier to tell stories about China. China’s history, culture, geography and contemporary development are illustrated through the map. Also, electronic A/V books are developed based on their paper counterparts to achieve integrated communication and help readers at home and abroad better understand China.Beautiful Home outlines Chinas geography and wildlife resources through three sections -- Beautiful Land, Animal Kingdom and Plants are Friends. The book is rich in content, easy and interesting to follow, and combines professionalism with popularity.
關於作者:
盛宝军,中学地理教师,曾获黑龙江省地理教学技能大赛一等奖,在《少年儿童故事报》《童话世界》《探索地理》等报刊杂志发表多篇文章。Sheng Baojun, a high school geography teacher, won the first prize in the Heilongjiang Geography Teaching Skills Contest. He published fairy tales and essays on Children’s Stories, Fantasy Fairy Land and Geography Exploration, and some of his essays are included in primary school Chinese textbooks for extracurricular reading.
The terrain of China is high in the west and low in the east, starting from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and extending eastward to the sea in three large steps alike. The lowest step consists of the plains and hills in the east where most of the areas are below 500 meters above sea level and are full of greenery. The “second step” is composed of the Junggar Basin, the Sichuan Basin, the Tarim Basin, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the Loess Plateau, and the Inner Mongolia Plateau. In this step, the elevation of most areas is 1,000-2,000 meters.The darkest part in the map has the highest altitude, which is shaped like a fat whale, which is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters. Due to the severe coldness caused by the high altitude, tundra is dominant here, which is unsuitable for vegetation growth. The ground surface, with few grasses and shrubs, looks brown from the sky.Across the vast land of China can be found majestic plateaus, undulating mountains, vast plains, low hills and basins surrounded by mountains.
Due to its vast territory, as well as its intricate and diverse natural environment, China’s animal resources are extremely rich, with more than 50,000 species of wild animals. According to relevant statistics in 2018, species of wild vertebrates in China account for more than 10% of the total number of animal species in the world. China has 499 species of mammals, ranking 5th in the world; 1,186 species of birds, ranking 10th in the world; 279 species of amphibians, ranking 6th in the world; 412 species of reptiles, accounting for 6.5% of the world’s total; about 3,400 species of fish, accounting for 12.1% of the world’s total; 30,000 species of named insects; 9 of the world’s 15 species of cranes; 46 of the world’s 148 species of geese and ducks, and 56 of the world’s 276 species of wild pheasants.
In China, there are Asian elephants walking through the tropical rain forests of Xishuangbanna in the south, Siberian tigers crouching in the ice and snow of the Lesser Khiggan Mountains in the north, Chinese sturgeons cruising in the Yangtze River, and Tibetan antelopes running on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Because of its unique history of geological evolution, China has many ancient species that have long been extinct in other parts of the northern hemisphere, such as giant pandas, golden monkeys and wild Bactrian camels. China also has more than 100 species of unique and rare wild animals including South China tigers, brown eared pheasants, red-crowned cranes, crested ibis, white-flag dolphins and Chinese alligators. Meanwhile, China is also a country with a large distribution of endangered animals. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 120 endangered animals originating in China (referring to species originating in China) listed in the appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 257 species on the List of Wild Animals under State Priority Conservation, and 400 species of birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish in the China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals.