Qinghai: celand of Three Great Rivers

Title: Qinghai: celand of Three Great Rivers

Author: Chief Editors：Fan Guangming and Liu Guiyou

ISBN: 9787119043166

Edition: English

Publishing Date: 2007-01

Publishing House: Foreign Languages Press

Cover: P   Page: 269  Format: 16mo   

Introduction:

Qinghai means "blue lake," and indeed the name of the province comes from the pristine waters of the vast Qinghai Lake high on the plateau - the "roof of the world." Three great rivers rise in Qinghai: the Yellow River and the Yangtze River nurtured dazzling Chinese civilizations that sprang up along their valleys; the Lancang River starts here too irrigating first Tibet and Yunnan, before flowing through Southeast Asia as the Mekong.

Content:

Foreword
The World's Biggest Nature Reserve
See the Waters of the Yellow River Leap down from Hq
The Thousand Year Search for the Source of the Yangtz
Where the Lancang River Begins
The Kunlun Mountains, Qinghai Lake and Longbao Ta
Glaciers, Permafrost and Wetlands
Sourceland of Three Great Rivers
"Third Pole" Climate
Unique Plateau Plants
Wildlife Paradise
Hoh Xil the Beautiful
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