Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren Rock
| AUTHOR | Owen, Bernie; Shaw, Raynor |
| PUBLISHER | Hong Kong University Press (11/06/2007) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Hong Kong has a largely mountainous terrain, very little flat land, no major rivers, no great forests, and a paucity of mineral wealth. The relative poverty of the place led the British Foreign Secretary to remark, in 1841, that Hong Kong was a "barren rock with hardly a house upon it." Prior to that date, the rugged landscape of Hong Kong had evolved, with little human interference, over about 400 million years.
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ISBN-13:
9789622098473
ISBN-10:
9622098479
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
264
Carton Quantity:
30
Product Dimensions:
7.24 x 0.69 x 9.88 inches
Weight:
1.48 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)
Science | Earth Sciences - Geography
Dewey Decimal:
951
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Hong Kong has a largely mountainous terrain, very little flat land, no major rivers, no great forests, and a paucity of mineral wealth. The relative poverty of the place led the British Foreign Secretary to remark, in 1841, that Hong Kong was a "barren rock with hardly a house upon it." Prior to that date, the rugged landscape of Hong Kong had evolved, with little human interference, over about 400 million years.
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