Xu Xiake Club: Young Geographer

Author: Liu Xingshi
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: A group of children who love nature, led by a teacher, traverse a long route and examine various terrains along the way, including mountains, plains, rivers, lakes, glaciers, loess plateaus, deserts, etc. They learn about weathering, landslides, rockfalls, debris flows, gullies, alluvial fans, terraces, river capture, wide valleys, canyons, asymmetric river valleys, rapids, waterfalls, oxbow lakes, solution grooves, karst pinnacles, stone forests, dolines, karst depressions, polje, caves, stalactites, modern glaciers, ancient glaciers, horn peaks, cirques, ice towers, moraines, erratics, ice plains, permafrost, stone roses, stone mushrooms, peak-talus stones, Fengcheng, Yobi beaches, and crescent-shaped sand dunes, among various landforms. They also learn many practical methods such as pebble measurement, terrace measurement, and cave measurement. They gain a basic understanding of all aspects of geomorphology and master many essential geomorphological observation methods.