宜川壶口瀑布课件.ppt

* YI CHUAN(宜川)-my hometown Hukou?Waterfall in the east suburb in Yi chuan, is apart 50 kilometers from the downtown. Hukou Waterfall(壶口瀑布) ?At?50?meters?high,?it?is?the?largest?waterfall?on?the?Yellow?River? and?the?second?highest?waterfall?in?China.? When?the?Yellow?River?approaches?the?Hukou?Mountain,?blocked?by?mountains?on?both?sides,?its?width?is?abruptly?narrowed?down?to?20?meters?to?30?meters. Hukou?Waterfall?is?located?in?the?Yellow?River?on?the?Shanxi-Shaanxi?border. It is the Hukou?Waterfall areas. In the spring, the stone are covered with ice. In the summer, everywhere is green. When the rain stopped, the rainbow may be appear. The fall in direct sunlight, the scenery is marvelous. This is the winter scene. The Hukou Waterfall exists where water in the middle reaches of the Yellow River flows through Jinxia Grand Canyon(晋陕大峡谷). The width of the waterfall changes with the season, usually 30 metres wide but increasing to 50 m during flood season. It has a height of over 20 m. When the Yellow River approaches the Hukou Mountain, blocked by mountains on both sides, its width is abruptly narrowed down to 20 m - 30 m. The waters velocity increases, and then plunges over a narrow opening on a cliff, forming a waterfall 15 m high and 20 m wide, as if water were pouring down from a huge teapot. Hence it gets the name Hukou (literally, Flask Mouth) Waterfall. Just below the waterfall, there is a shining stone called guishi (鬼石). What makes the stone mysterious is that it moves up and down according to the water level. No matter how large the water volume, it is still at least partly visible. In the middle of the river, about 3,000 m from the Hukou Waterfall, an enormous rock catches the attention of visitors. When the Yellow River flows to this point, divides into two, rolling and roaring on and on from both sides of the rock before reconverging. You can also see this scenery that many old men wearing a white towel are on the go with their donkey. Some also