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The Famous Deserts in the World(I)

If someone ask me: What’s the meaning of traveling? I will tell him, the traveling itself is meaningless. But I will gain a lot in the travel. I pursue the blue sky and the flying sand, to walk into my deep heart, to feel.

Today I will list some magnificent deserts, let’s start a journey of the heart now.

Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert was formed about 2.5 million years ago. It is the second largest desert in the world after Antarctica. It covers an area of 9.06 million square kilometers and is the world’s largest sandy desert. Located in the north of Africa, the region has very bad weather conditions and is one of the worse places on earth for living.

But it is such a bad place, but the famous ancient Egyptian civilization was born. Egypt, in the Sahara Desert and the Nile Valley, has left countless puzzles that have puzzled scholars around the world today. Of course, just because these real and imaginative legends that have made countless visitors stunned.

Although Egypt is located next to the Sahara Desert, Egypt’s numerous tourist resources and adequate tourist reception facilities are fully capable of meeting the needs of all types of people. From backpackers to honeymoon couples, from short-lived business travellers to long-term scientific expeditions, Egypt can basically solve the demand that can be raised, absolutely not affected by the harsh environment of the desert. Of course, traveling to Egypt is not just about good condition of accommodation, because the history and culture here is truly a place full of infinite charm. From Alexandria to Cairo, from the Pyramids to the Sphinx, from the ancient city of Thebes to the Whale Canyon… countless monuments that contain human wisdom and civilization are amazing. Numerous colorful tourism projects will definitely make you full of harvest. Of course, if a few people want to go deep into the Sahara Desert to explore, be sure to ask for professional guidance and adequate preparation of all kinds of supplies for the unexpected. In short, Egypt and Sarah are a must-see for a lifetime. As the propaganda said, ”this is the place where everything begins”.

Uluru-Kata national park

If you go to Australia, and you only go to Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef, and you missed Uluru National Park, you will miss so many valuable things. Uluru National Park is located in the heart of Australia and is the birthplace of Australian civilization. The most famous here is the world’s largest independent rock with a length of 9 kilometers and an altitude of 867 meters – the Ayers Rock, and “Uluru” is the Australian aboriginal name for this sacred rock. This red sacred stone is at the heart of the desert, and I really have to sigh the wonders of nature.

There is a world-famous place that called ”131° resort”, it is formed by 15 luxurious tents. Expect to underwater diving in Australia, there is also Uluru with unique style, so called ”Australia, with all different things”.

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Nature Conservation

Nature, there are so many novelty and mysterious things being worthy to be discovered no matter new species of plants or animals, even some hidden geographic position never being found. However we have to protect nature before we research and discover it by using advanced tools and devices of human being. So by this time let us discuss what is Nature Conservation from its theory and history and so on.

Introduction about Nature Conservation

Nature conservation is the protection of natural environment and natural resources. About the objects of natural protection, someone puts forward 12 aspects concretely below,

 

  1. Ensuring the continuous existence of renewable natural resources;
  2. When natural disasters occur, the state resources avoid to be harmed;
  3. Conservation of water sources;
  4. Protection of the place for relaxation and recreation in the wild;
  5. Maintaining environmental purification capacity;
  6. Ensuring the balance of natural ecosystems;
  7. Ensuring diversity of species and development of gene pool;
  8. Preservation of academic subjects;
  9. The object of protecting religious worship;
  10. Protecting native natural landscape and scenic spots;
  11. Protect the weak;
  12. Protection of rare animals and plants.

 

History of Nature Conservation

In the 18th century, the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Europe reduced the number of virgin forests and accelerated the rate of natural destruction due to the industrial revolution. This prompted people protect nature by taking the form of protecting the region.

 

In 1872, the United States set up Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone’s vast primitive areas becoming a national park of permanent conservation. This Park is managed by the National Park Service. It was officially named the National Park for the Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Resources on March 1, 1872, and was listed on the World Natural Heritage List in 1978. This is the first largest national park in the world. Subsequently, various forms of natural reservation were established all over the world.

 

A European Conference on animal protection in Africa was held in 1900.

 

In 1913, the first international natural protection organization was established in Bern, Switzerland.

 

In 1928, the international natural conservation office was set up in Brussels.

 

In 1948, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the French government jointly initiated a conference to discuss global environmental protection issues and established the International Union of Protection of Nature. The organization was renamed in 1956 as International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

 

 

Novelty Nature from Here.

Natural Landscape – Cloud Sea in China

Both of the natural aspects of landscapes in nature and man-made landscapes are called natural landscape. The landscapes in nature refer to the indirect, slight or occasional human impact of the original natural landscape has not changed its appearance significantly such as the polar region, mountain, desert, huge swamp, tropical rain forest and some nature reserves. Man-made landscapes refer to the landscape that has been directly affected by human beings and has changed the natural landscape for a long time such as rural areas, industrial and mining areas, towns and other areas. Man-made landscapes are also called cultural landscapes. By this time, let us to know pure natural landscape as Cloud sea in China.

The Origin of Name

The Cloud Sea is a natural landscape, and it is one of the important landscapes of mountain’s scenery; it is also a realm of life. The so-called Cloud Sea refers to the formation of clouds under certain conditions, and the height of the top of the cloud is lower than the height of the mountain, when the people look down at the clouds at the mountain top, they only see the boundless clouds seemly like in the coast of the sea with the feeling of waves surging, splashing sprays or shocking billows. So this phenomenon is called “Cloud Sea”. The Cloud sea formed by sunrise and sunset is also known as the “Colorful Cloud Sea”, which is very spectacular.

Typical Representation

The cloud sea is the first wonder of Mount Huangshan. Mount Huangshan has been known as the town of the Cloud Sea since ancient times. Its wonders are like the sea but not the sea, the mountains and clouds miraculously transformed into each other.

 

According to geographical distribution, Mount Huangshan can be divided into five seas areas: Lotus Peak , Lion Peak, east of White goose ridge, FeiLai Peak and Bright Summit. These geographical position are not easy to remember but spectacular landscape of Cloud Sea will impress us deeply. In August 21, 2018, the scenic spot of Mount Huangshan, Anhui Province shown splendid scenery of Cloud Sea and the spectacle of the Buddha. The Pine Peak Forest of Mount Huangshan under the blue sky is hidden in the floating clouds such as an elegant and dynamic Chinese Painting.

 

More Culture and knowledge about Nature

The Cricket Bug in Autumn

The cricket, is also called Gryllulus in Latin. It is very famous in Asia area, exact China. Certainly, In Japan sometimes they also catch and feed the crickets so that enjoy its tweet with beat. Till now the crickets around the world have 22 subfamilies, 55 families, 595 genera (including 17 fossil genera), about total 4649 subspecies (including 50 fossil species). Normally the cricket will grow up in Autumn. When Autumn is coming, you may listen the chirping on your backyard.

Description

  • Outline of Cricket

The most of the crickets are small and some of subspecies are medium-sized. The crickets’ family is larger than 3 mm in length, and its body color varies greatly, ranging from yellow-brown to black-brown, or from green to yellow, however less uniformity of body colour and the body has no scales. The mouth type of cricket is a downward or front type; the antennae (feeler) is like filaments and longer than body length; The antenna segment is mostly round shaped and narrow or equal to its frontal process; a few groups are long shield shaped, larger, wider than frontal process. Their compound eyes are larger, usually 1/4 to 1/2 of the head length; ocellus eyes are usually 3, arranged in an inverted triangle or linear pattern; middle ocellus eyes are located on the back of the head, face or top of the frontal process.

 

  • Head and legs

The head is round, the chest is wide, and the antenna is slender. Some big jaws are strong with chewing mouth-parts, stronger for biting. Each foot has 3 pairs of tarsus, the foreleg and the middle leg are similar and equal in length, and stronger back-legs with good leap.

 

  • Wings of Cricket

Wings lie flat on the body and vary greatly in size between species, with some crickets having smaller wings and others missing. The front wing is made of hard chitin and serves as a protective shield for the soft parts of the body, while the male carries the vocal organs for the production of sound.

Habitat of the Cricket Bug

The crickets live in almost all environments. They are distributed in fields and grasslands, trees and shrubs, forests, swamps, and even in caves, beaches, ant hills and underground. The cricket also lives in the roadside, in the garden, and even in our house as brick hole and cracks in brick wall.

 

 

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