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111Module5 A Trip Along the Three GorgesPeriod 5 Writing-Describing a regionGoals To gather related information and write a short description of the region you live inProceduresStep 1: Collecting and sharing related information about the regionBeijing Municipality has an area of 16,807 square kilometers, of which only about 16 percent is occupied by the city proper. Most of the Municipality is covered with mountains, which enclose it on the west, north and northeastern sides. The actual city of Beijing is built on edge of the flat alluvial fan of the Yongding River.Over half of Guangdong Province is covered in mountains and hills, with plains making up 23% and tablelands 19%. The land is generally high in the north and low in the south. The largest rivers converge on the Zhujiang (Pearl River) delta in the center of the province, where one finds the largest area of plains and hence the greatest agricultural productivity and the densest population.Most of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is covered by hills and mountains, of which striking limestone formations called karst are the most famous feature.About 87% of Guizhous area is mountains and highlands, with many spectacular peaks, valleys, rivers and caves. Although the land is very fertile, agriculture in Guizhou can be hampered by its climate, which is prone to continuous drizzling and flooding, hailstorms, droughts, and freezing temperatures.Hainan consists of about three-quarters mountains and highlands, occupying the center of the island, with coastal plains making up the rest of the province. Some of the notable natural features of the island are the remnants of tropical forest in the mountains, mangrove swamps on the coastal plains, and intermittent coral reefs around the coast.Step 2: Writing a short description of the region you live inIn the Ganzi Tibet Prefecture of Sichuan Province, at about 4,000 meters above sea-level, is Litang County. That is my hometown. It is one of the few municipalities in the world to be situated at such a great height. In Tibetan language, Litang means “a stretch of flat grassland as even as a copper mirror.” Due to its unique geographical location, Litang is known to Tibetans as “Sky City.” I like my hometown very much.I came from Yading, which is known to many as the “Last Shangri-La.” Yading is a fantastic land. It is a newcomer among the more renowned natural tourist attractions in China. The area is not yet as famous as such lofty mountains as Huangshan and Taishan, and Yading draws less attention than the elegant, picturesque Jiuzhaigou and Lijiang rivers in Guilin. But I love my hometown Yading. It is my God, my life. My birthplace Huanglongxi is situated in Shuangliu County, 42 kilometers south of Chengdu City, the capital of Sichuan Province. Here the buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are largely well kept and the streets are paved with green stone slabs. Many visitors speak of the simple quietness of the town. Three old temples, Zhenjiang Temple, Chaoyin Temple and Gulong Temple, are still well preserved. On the ninth day of the sixth and ninth lunar months of each year, temple fairs reproduce the lively scenes that regularly took place in the town of days long past.My home village is a small mountainous region in the Taihang Mountain. Some 200 million years ago, the region was covered by a vast ocean, and later, mountains were formed there by the movement of the earths crust. Zhanghe River runs around my village. My mother lives just by a newly-built highway. Opposite to our courtyard is a beautiful mountain call Miaoer Mountain. It is covered with trees. Every time I go back to visit my mother I would climb to the top of the mountain overlooking the village and my home. I would sit on the top for hours, enjoying the striking scenery around me, thinking of my childhood life in the past, and looking over at the place where my father lies for his eternal rest.I like my home village. I will return to it when I am too old to roam around the world.111
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