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China
China's northeast is the focus for much of the country's freshwater marshes. An area of 20,000 square kilometres on the Sanjiang Plain of Heilongjiang is essentially a collection of shallow freshwater lakes and reed-beds where the Heilongjiang, Sungari, and Wusuli rivers come together. Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia all share these ecosystems. One of the most well-known wildlife areas in this ecosystem is Zhalong Nature Reserve, a 2,000-square-kilometer area which was created in 1979 to protect breeding areas for the red-crowned crane, and other wintering migrants. These marshes are also of great value for reed production, the bulk of which is turned into pulp for paper. Waterfowl and reed production can usually co-exist, at least at present levels, so this is a useful confluence of conservation and economic uses. In western Sichuan, marshland provides breeding grounds for the black-necked crane and bar-headed goose.
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China has a vast sea area - the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East
China Sea to the east and the South China Sea to the south. The
Bohai Sea is China's inner sea and the Yellow Sea, the East China
Sea and the South China Sea connect with the Pacific Ocean. Along
China's long coastline lie Shanghai, Tianjin New Port, Guangzhou
Huangpu, Yantai, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Dalian, Beihai, Hongkong
and other ports.
These sea ports are wide and deep, beautiful in environment and
can all arrange passenger-bookings for pleasure boats for world
travel or to go ashore to sightsee and tour. International Sea
Navigation Routes
The luxury passenger and cargo ship "New Jianzhen", run by the
Sino-Japanese International Ferry Co., sails between Shanghai
and Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama in Japan, one voyage a week, taking
around 45 hours for a single trip.
The vessel "Yanjing", run by the Tianjin- Kobe Snipping Co., runs
between Tianjin and Kobe, Japan once a week. The passenger and
cargo ship 'Daren", run by the Daren Shipping Co. in Dalian, navigates
between Dalian Inchon in the Republic at Korea, two voyages a
week and around 15 hours for each voyage.
The luxury passenger and cargo ship "Xinjinqiao" and "Xiangxuehai",
run by the Weihaiwei East Navigation Co., link Weihai, Qingdao
and Inchon three times |
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