《The Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon》是2006年外文出版社出版的圖書，作者是張繼民。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon
- 作者：張繼民
- 出版社：外文出版社
- 出版時間：2006年1月1日
- 頁數：169 頁
- 定價：78.00
- 開本：16 開
- ISBN：9787119041698, 711904169X
- 語種：英語
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,媒體推薦,
內容簡介
The Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon is the largest canyon on earth. Dubbed "the last pure land in the world," the canyon abounds in unique landforms, rich biological resources, beautiful lands capes and colorful cultures, among them the mysterious primitive religion and culture of the Lhopa and Mon pa ethnic minorities. Based on the author's first-hand experiences and using his own photography, this book offers an amazing picture of the Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon.
圖書目錄
The World's Biggest Canyon / 2
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau's
Biggest Vapor Passage ! 14
Beautiful Plateau Lakes / 24
Bomi, the Beautiful Shangri-La/40
The Parlung Tsangpo River Canyon / 50
The Great Bend at Zachu and the
Magnificent Rainbow Waterfalls / 66
The Veiled Namjag Barwa Peak / 80
Crossing the High Mountain to See Metok / 90
Luxuriant Primitive Vegetation / 102
Beautiful Flowers / 114
Animals in the Great Canyon / 124
Natural Disasters / 128
Pious People / 158
作者簡介
Zhang Jimin, born in Tieling County, Liaoning Province in 1947,graduated from the History Department of Peking University. He is now a senior correspondent with the Xinhua News Agency, a member of the China National Humanand Biology Circle Committee, and a standing councilor of the China Association of Scientific Exploration. In early 1994, he urged specialists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to find evidence to prove that the Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon was the biggest canyon in the world. Thus, he turned out to be one of the discoverers of thebiggest canyon in the world. Based on firsthand materials collected from numerous scientificexplorations, he has published about a dozen monographs including Random Notes of an Explorer ,Risking the Arctic Pole, Into the Grandest Canyon of the World ,and Adventures in the Borderland.
媒體推薦
The Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon is the biggest canyon in theworld to be discovered to date. The finding of the canyon is animportant late-20th-century geographical discovery. It is also an important contribution by Chinese scientists to man's knowledge of nature.
—— Liu Dongsheng, academician of CAS
The Yarlung Tsangpo Great Canyon is not only the world's biggest, but also the best —— with all kinds of vegetation zones.More distinctively, the canyon is located at the point where the Eurasian and Indian continental plates collided.
—— Hong Deyuan, academician of CAS
