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Some 50 million years ago India collided with Tibet thrusting up these immense peaks, which are still rising. This vast barrier of rock and ice is so colossal it shapes the world' s climate. Warm winds from India, full of moisture, are forced upwards by the Himalayas. As the air rises so it cools, causing clouds to form and the monsoon is born. At high altitudes the monsoon rains fall as snow. Here, at the far eastern end of the range in China, one inhabitant endures the bitter winters out in the open. Most other bears would be sleeping underground by now, but the giant panda can' t fatten up enough to hibernate. |
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5000 wàn nián qián, yìn dù bǎn kuài hé xī zàng bǎn kuài xiāng hù pèng zhuàng, xíng chéng le zhèi xiē gāo dà de shān fēng, ér qiě tā men hái zài shàng shēng. zhèi xiē yán shí hé xuě yù rú cǐ jù dà, tā men shèn zhì zuǒ yòu zhe shì jiè de qì hòu. cóng yìn dù fāng xiàng chuī lái de fēng, wēn nuǎn shī rùn, xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān pò shǐ tā shàng shēng, shàng shēng guò chéng zhōng, tā biàn lěng, xíng chéng yún, yú shì jiù chǎn shēng le jì fēng. zài gāo hǎi bá dì qū, jì fēng yǔ yǐ jiàng xuě de xíng shì chū xiàn. zhè lǐ shì xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān mài zuì dōng duān, zhōng guó jìng nèi. yǒu yī zhǒng dòng wù zhèng zài yě wài rěn shòu zhe yán hán de dōng tiān. cǐ shí qí tā dà duō shù xióng lèi zhèng zài dōng mián, dàn shì dà xióng māo méi yǒu zú gòu de tǐ biāo ràng zì jǐ dōng mián. |