Thanh Pham C02279389 Ha Long Bay Nowadays, many people enjoy traveling because it helps them to be comfortable. Moreover, they can learn a lot of new knowledge, which not found in books. One of my favorite places that I want to visit is Ha Long Bay. It is a natural heritage and also known one of the 7 natural wonders of the new world by UNESCO. It has an area of around 1,553 km2 and 120 km long coastline, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The limestone has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. As a huge treasure, the bay has the diversity of ecosystems, history - culture, food, etc. It contains many mysteries, charismatic appeals, and surprises so that people can feel comfortable when they visit. An attractive feature of Ha Long Bay is the variety of ecosystems with ecosystems typical of tropical waters, diverse species composition. It is known home of 2.949 species of both fauna and flora, including 102 rare species of the region and worldwide with 14 endemic floral species such as Chirita hiepii, Paraboea halongensis and Alpinia calcicola, etc. and 60 endemic faunal species such as oyster, cyclinae, charonia tritonis, etc. It is divided into two main ecosystems: a tropical evergreen rainforest ecosystem and a marine and coastal ecosystem. The tropical evergreen rainforest ecosystem characterized by the type of forest on limestone and divided into four main categories with its own characteristics, including the moist rainforest on lime-stone mountains, the bush on dry stone mountains, mangroves and plants in caves. The tropical forest ecosystem has about 507 species, 351genus of 110 familias of kormobionta, of which 486 species of magnoliophyta, 14 speci... ... middle of paper ... ... culture 5,000–3,500 years ago. Ha Long Bay marked important events in the history of Vietnam with many artifacts found in Bai Tho Mout, Dau Go Cave, and Bai Chay, and it was a place to keep material culture and intangible as: Tien Ong, Me cung, Thien Long. 500 years ago, Nguyen Trai praised the beauty of Ha Long Bay in his verse Lo Nhap Van Don, in which he called it "rock wonder in the sky". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BA%A1_Long_Bay In general, Ha Long Bay is like as a picture seductive. The beauty of Ha Long Bay is made up of three elements: stone, water and sky. The bay is diverse with the Lines, textures, colors of the island mountain, and sea mingles with the sky creates a color full picture. It is an interesting place to travel, and people not only find comfortable but also learn a lot of knowledge. http://www.halongbay.info/guide/halong-in-depth.html
See Location Map of the coastline being studied from Herne Bay to Reculver.
Whilst staying in the area I decided to investigate the effects of LSD on the coastline and show how it affects the coastline. If LSD has affected the area there would be more material at one end of bay as well smaller smother stones at the same end. This is because they would be eroded down whilst traveling from one end to the other.
The only landmarks available to the eye are dozens of miles of ocean waves, occasionally broken up by an ocean going freighter or container ship that might sometime plod past the area, on their way inbo...
The contrast Huong provides between the reality of Hang’s impoverished life and the beauty of the scenery that she experiences, emphasise the powerful effect the landscape has on her. When describing the first snowfall she ever observed, Hang noticed that the snowflakes “flood[ed] the earth with their icy whiteness,” this observation “pierc[ing her] soul like sorrow.” The scenery had such a moving effect on Hang, perhaps because she longed for the familiar sight of a Vietnamese landscape. Then recalling a time when her mother took her to a beach, the exquisiteness of the scene at dawn was equally emotionally poignant to Hang, not because she wished for a recognisable sight, but because it was such an extreme difference from the slum in Hanoi where she grew up. The sensory details of her childhood remain with Hang even years later, acting as a reminder of her humble beginnings even as she advances in life. The stench of “rancid urine” that permeated the walls of the slum and the hut where she and her mother lived, with its persistently leaky roof “patched together out of…rusty sheet metal” ; build a vivid picture of poverty. To then be exposed to the breathtaking vista of a natural landscape, having experienced the scarceness of beauty in the slums that is her home, causes distress in Hang.
You will be able to learn a lot of Hawaiian history here. Since the island is so large, it will take a long time to see everything. It’s best that your visits are separated into segments. The Big Island isn’t going anywhere, so they’ll be plenty for you to see on another visit.
Monterey bay is wide at the entrance, but narrows as you approach the town. It has well wooded shores and everything was very green. The...
Hawaii is rated as one of the top tour destinations in the world. According to “Why Is Hawaii Such a Popular Vacation Spot?”, nearly 8 million travelers
Pham, Andrew X. Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. Print.
Haida Gwaii is composed of many small islands consisting of a multitude of inlets, rivers, and beaches (Dalzell 13, and Horwood and Parkin 13). These, more than 150, islands create an isolated archipelago totalling in approximately 9940 km2. Freshwater systems, inlets, waterways, rivers, and lakes are scattered throughout the islands (www.gohaidagwaii.ca). Areas, such as the Skidegate Inlet, between the lowland Graham Island and the narrow, steep-sloped Moresby Island, provide broad view of the landscape (Horwood and Parkin 52). The 100 km wide (www.gohaidagwaii.ca), Hecate Strait, dividing Haida Gwaii with the mainland, is shallow and temper-mental with shallow areas, huge waves, rock overfalls, and tide rips (Dalzell 14).
Hawaii is rated as one of the top tour destinations in the world. Nearly 8 million tourists visited the islands annually, and eighty-two percent of these tourists traveled to there for the purpose of vacation, honeymoon, or to get married. (Beal). Hawaii is generally viewed as a place to escape from
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It is understandable why so many people travel such great distances to witness this eye appealing miracle of nature. They come to see the many species, such as fish, coral, and other marine and bird life. There is no doubt that tourists who visit here will never forget their experience.
a) The Daintree rainforest at Cape Tribulation, in far north Queensland is diverse in many ways. It holds 12 of the 19 primitive plant families in the world (Cairns Today, 2007). The forest covers an area of 1100 square kilometres and is approximately eighty kilometres wide. This dense and luxuriant rainforest has the greatest diversity than any other in Australia and many in the world. The Daintree is also the home of rare and threatened of being extinct plant and animal species. The importance of this ecosystem is the very high. This ecosystem contributes to the overall health of this plant in many ways. The diversity contributes in the breakdown of pollution and helps to control the climate to name a few. This rainforest also is a great ‘carbon sink’. It has many photosynthesising plants and this allows the control of carbon dioxide (CO2). The plants take in the CO2 from the atmosphere and return oxygen (O2)
The Species of the World Hayakawa, Masao. The Garden Art of Japan. Trans. Richard Gage. Weatherhill.
The Bay of islands is one of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand and has 144 islands. It can also claim to be the birth place of New Zealand. The Bay Island with its warm climate and water based activities is a popular destination for New Zealand holiday makers and international tourist. The bay has many interesting historic towns including Pahia, Russell, Waitangi and Kari Keri. There is a broad range of accommodation in the bay of island, as well as attractions and activities, place to eat, and entrainment of all age.