Greater Khingan Environment Survey
Abstract:
In this paper, I will talk about the plants and animals in Greater Khingan. Give the background knowledge, including geographical historical and human influence on this area. All the information I use in this paper are research online; and the web sites which I use to find the result are diverse and reliable. In finding, I give six species in Greater Khingan in detail and draw the food chain to show the relationship about them. Then, I will talk about the human influence on this area, and evaluate the finding. After finding, I discuss the information in the finding and I will give some suggestions about control the influence. Human has brought many impacts on this area, which do harm for many species. However, Chinese government already has some policies to protect the Greater Kingman’s environment won’t become worse. The overall health of Greater Khingan has improved a bit after the government control the environment.
Introduction:
In this research essay, I will have four measurable objectives, which are classify 2 trees, 2flowers and 2 animals; draw and describe a food chain; provide detail about plants and animals distribution; and assess how human have impacted on this environment. The Greater Khingan Mountains or Greater Higgnan Mountain is a mountain area located on the north of Heilongjiang province in China; it is of the highest dimensionality in China. Look at the picture below, we can see the location of it clearly. From this picture, we can see that Greater Khingan have a large area. The range is much broader in the north, at 306 kilometers (190 mi), than it is in the south, at 97 kilometers (60 mi). It was formed during the Jurassic Period (roughly 200 to 145 million years ago), and is essentially a tilted fault block; its ancient fault line forms its eastern edge, facing the Northeast Plain. (Greater Khingan Mountain 2016 [online]) In history, it is the birthplace of at least five minorities and two dynasties, and the two are Wei and Qing Dynasty. And the numerous ancient ruins in this area also show that it is an important place for the development of human. (Junior middle school History textbook 2005)[pic 1]
Methodology:
Greater Khingan are across by the Songhua River and Nen River, belong to cold temperate zone continental monsoon climate. The average altitude of Greater Khingan is 573 meters; the highest altitude is 1528 meter. The forest cover of Greater Khingan is 79.83%, about 665.1 hectares. (Greater Khingan Mountains 2010 [online]) There are many animals in Greater Khingan such as spotted deer, sable, brown bear and snow hare. The plants are also variety, such as white birch, azalea and ledum palustre. I use below steps to be my methodology and get the information. Firstly, I chose a representative place in China, which has many kinds of living things. It is Greater Khingan. Secondly, I search online find the special living things in Greater Khingan. Thirdly, I search these living things in detail. Finally, I collect it and write this paper. To make the information I used in paper is correct, I search in many web site which is reliable. I use geography textbook to find the precise location. To make sure information is correct, I was search in many web sites to compare and confirm. Then I found a correct one and write on the paper.
4. Finding:
Animals:[pic 2]
Spotted deer: Kingdom: Animalia;
Phylum: Chordata;
Class: Mammalia;
Order: Artiodactyla;
Family: Cervidae;
Genus: Cervus;
Species: Axis axis.
Distribution: Spotted deer are mainly distributed in China, Japan and Russia. Now the population of spotted deer in Russia is about 9000. In China, the spotted deer are less than 1000, and in many provinces it has extinct. However, in Japan, spotted deer has a large population, about 300 thousand. The reason about the rise of the population is the extermination of the enemy in Japan.
Snow hare: [pic 3]
Kingdom: Animalia;
Phylum: Chordata;
Class: Mammalia;
Order: Lagomorpha;
Family: Leporidae;
Genus: Lepus;
Species: Lepus americanus.
Distribution: Snow hare inhabits in cold temperate or subarctic coniferous forest swamp edges, in the valley of reeds, willows and aspen forest; it is one of the representative animals the boreal and subarctic forest. Mainly distribute in Austria, Belarus, China and Estonia.
Plants:
Blueberry: [pic 4]
Kingdom: Plantae;