Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren RockHong Kong University Press, 1 ต.ค. 2007 - 264 หน้า Hong Kong has a largely mountainous terrain, very little flat land, no major rivers, no great forests, and a paucity of mineral wealth. The relative poverty of the place led the British Foreign Secretary to remark, in 1841, that Hong Kong was a "barren rock with hardly a house upon it". Prior to that date, the rugged landscape of Hong Kong had evolved, with little human interference, over about 400 million years. Subsequently, large influxes of people and their farming, building, reclamation, and economic activities have markedly transformed that original landscape. This book explains, in simple terms and with numerous photographs and figures, the origins of these varied landscapes, examining the contributions of different rocks, geological structures, and modern processes, as well as the profound impact of people. |
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The Roots of Volcanoes | 21 |
Fractured Rocks and Rivers | 33 |
Cliffs Beaches and Mud Flats | 41 |
Hong Kong Regions | 47 |
The Northeastern New Territories | 67 |
The Western New Territories | 84 |
The Eastern New Territories | 131 |
Lantau Island | 149 |
Kowloon and the Lion Rock Ridge | 173 |
Hong Kong Island and Lamma | 189 |
Seas and Islands | 207 |
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Landscapes Past Present and Future | 230 |
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