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  Stephen Voss, Washington DC Photographer, Water Pollution in China Photo Essay
The majority of the 150 million people that live along the Huai River Basin are farmers, and depend on the river water to irrigate their crops.
Zi Qing lifts his shirt to reveal a thick red scar on his stomach from a recent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.
In front of Zi Qing's house is a small well that he has dug deeper five times in search of clean water, but still feels the water he drinks is polluted.
www.stephenvoss.com /stories/ChinaRiverPollution/story.html   (1498 words)

  
 Some Observations on Anurans
Many children and wandering religious mendicants attested to the existence of frogs in the Zi-chu River below the town and in streams in valleys leading into town from the south, but no frogs were found.
The frog habitat has undoubtedly been disturbed by gold mining in the Zi-chu river, although the old sand sifting technique is used, not mercury extraction methods.
The more severe the dumping of trash and sewage into the river or stream, the greater the impact on at least the two species observed.
www.khamaid.org /programs/environment/frogs.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Drin/Drim River Sub-basin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Drin River (285 km) is the most constant river of Albania: Fed by melting snows from the northern and eastern mountains (mean elevation at 971 m asl.) and by more evenly distributed seasonal precipitation, its flow does not have the extremely varying characteristics of nearly all other Albanian rivers.
Flooding of the plain of Drin river is another frequent problem especially in the winter period (increased by deforestation of the mountains) for the Shkodra and Lezha municipalities.
The Beli river basin is over-populated and sanitation is underdeveloped.
www.inweb.gr /workshops/sub_basins/8_Drin.html   (2930 words)

  
 Zijiang River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Zi Jiang (also Zishui River or Zi River; S.Chinese: 资江 or 资水; T.Chinese: 資江 or 資水; pinyin: zī jiāng; Wade-Giles: Tzu¹-chiang¹) is one of the four largest rivers in Hunan province of China, also one of the main tributaries of the Yangtze River.
The two rivers flow until they join the main river named Zijiang River at Shuangjiangkou in Shaoyang county.
The four largest rivers in Hunan are: the Xiang River, the Yuan Jiang, the Zijiang River and the Lishui River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zijiang_River   (196 words)

  
 Four Rivers, Six Ranges: Riding the Frontier (14 days, 4WD)
Derong itself, small but thriving, is tucked tightly in a gorge of the Ding-chu river which the town straddles.
Crossing a watershed pass (separating the Batang and Li river systems) we’re soon arriving in Litang, which at 4100m is one of the highest towns in the world, set on a broad grassland with Lithang Gompa dominating it from the north.
From Dege, the trail is enveloped between the steep sides of the Zi-chu river gorge, before ascending a series of switchbacks up to Tro La (4916m), leaving behind the forests and snowy peaks to crest onto a vast grassland.
www.haiweitrails.com /008_four_rivers_six_ranges_2.htm   (2059 words)

  
 White Water Rafting - Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, Africa.
The river drops about 400 ft over the 24 km covered in the one day raft trip and the depth of the river can reach 200ft.
There are crocodile in the river, but they are small due to the unsuitability of the area for their habitation.
Rafts are purchased from either African River Kraft or Avon in Wales which are the tried and tested river rafts required for the Zambezi River.
www.zambezi.com /safpar/wwr.html   (852 words)

  
 Great Lakes Ecosystem: Lake Strugeon in Detroit River
The upper Detroit River (north end of Fighting Island to the headwaters at Lake St. Clair) flows in a single channel 700 - 1000 m wide, with a mean depth of 9 to 16 m.
The river provides a critical passageway for commercial ships moving between the upper and lower Great Lakes, and as such, is home to the busiest ports on the Great Lakes with thousands of commercial vessels traversing its waters annually.
Lake sturgeon movements in the Detroit River were primarily confined to the Canadian side of the Detroit River in 2000 and 2001.
www.epa.gov /glnpo/ecopage/aquatic/lkstrugeon   (4287 words)

  
 Zi adds text input prediction to Qtopia, Linux
Zi Corporation says it will integrate its polyglot predictive text software with Trolltech's Qtopia application framework, in order to address the growing market represented by mobile phones based on Linux.
Zi's predictive text input technology has already been used in several Linux phones, including Taiwanese ODM Winstron NeWeb's dual-mode GW1 Linux/Qtopia phone (pictured above), and Chinese appliance vendor Haier's N60 (pictured at right).
Zi competitor Tegic offers a "T9" predictive text input product that was used in a Linux phone reference design from Philips.
www.linuxdevices.com /news/NS4463420085.html   (584 words)

  
 Zi Achieves Wind River Tornado Certification
Wind River is highly respected for its operating system, and has established significant relationships in the set top box and consumer electronics markets.
Zi Corporation is a market-driven technology company delivering intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies.
Such risks include, among others, general business and economic conditions, competitive actions, continued acceptance of Zi Corporation's products and services and dependence on third party performance as well as the risks and uncertainties referred to in Zi Corporation's 20-F for the most recent calendar year that is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
www.zicorp.com /pressreleases/051302.htm   (644 words)

  
 Xiang River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Xiang River (also as Xiangjiang River, or simply as Xiangjiang, Chinese: 湘江 or "湘水", pinyin: Xiāng Jiāng, Xiāng Shǔi; Wade-Giles: "hsiāng chiāng" or "hsiāng shuǐ"), in older transliterations as the Siang River or Hsiang River, is a river in southern China.
The river gave Hunan its Chinese abbreviation, Xiang (湘).
The Zheng River (蒸水) converges with the Xiang in Chengbei District (城北區), Hengyang
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xiang_River   (354 words)

  
 DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY_ Water Environment
The total population in the river basin in 1993 was 402.53 million, accounting for 34.3% of the population in the whole country.
In Dong River, the water quality in 90.0% of the sections is at Level II and the main stream through Guangzhou is comparatively seriously polluted.
The water quality in 93.0% of the river courses being assessed reaches or is better than Level III ambient surface water quality standard, among which, the river courses with Level I water quality account for 17.0%, Level II water quality accounts for 42.0% and Level III water quality is 34.0%.
us.tom.com /english/1928.htm   (2045 words)

  
 Scenic Spot
  Nowadays, the so-called Mengdong River scenic spot in tourism is not only the certain part of Mengdong River, but the middle and lower reaches of Mengdong River, a part of Youshui River and a large area of the middle and lower reaches of Lingxi.
Jishou is located in the east of Wuling Mountain; to its east is Lu Stream, to its south is Fenghuang, to its west is Huayuan, and to its north is Baojing,Guzhang.
Zi River is in the northwest, and Shao River is in the southeast which is through Shaoyang City and goes into Zi River.
www.library.hn.cn /difangwx/fengqing/e51.html   (1081 words)

  
 Chapter 37. Subject: Boat trip on the Zi river
The water level is governed in part by the dam which creates the lake on which we boated yesterday; that dam drains into the Zi just downstream of the landing.
At one bend in the river we pulled in to a model Zhuang village, where costumed villagers prostituted their traditions and customs to try and get us to buy things.
I sketched the view, which was superb - upriver, we had just come down a narrow valley; the river bent around a massive, curved stone wall hundreds of feet high, and proceeded down another valley.
aufrecht.org /joel-in-china/raw/ch37.html   (1773 words)

  
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This wasteland of cobbles used to be a river in Shandong Province.
When the cogon grass on the banks of the Zi River just turned green in 1964, a group of strangers came to Houliguan Village on the river¡¯s east bank.
This is by no means accidental; this is the continuation of the profound life of the Zi River that nourished the civilization of the State of Qi.
www.cctv.com.cn /lm/176/71/82876.html   (2366 words)

  
 Dragon Boat Festival: Zong Zi
The local folk did what they could to search for him in the river, meanwhile they dropped dumplings of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves into the river in order to prevent the fishes from eating Qu Yuan's body.
Since that time, it has been customary on this day to eat Zong Zi (glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves) as a memorial to the patriotic poet.
The main ingredient of Zong Zi is the glutinous rice, and then the bamboo or reed leaves -- the wrapping that makes Zong Zi taste distinct.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-01/09/content_297523.htm   (216 words)

  
 Yueyang Travel Guides,Yueyang Hotels,Yueyang Map,Yueyang pictures-China City Tours Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is located at the juncture of the Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River in northern Hunan.
The main rivers are: the Yangtze River, Xiang River, Zi River, Ruan River and Li River.
Rivers: the Yangtze River, Xiang River, Zi River, Ruan River and Li River
www.achinatravel.com /china-travel/china-hunan-yueyang.asp   (382 words)

  
 SoE China' 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The concentration of the suspended particulate in the mainstream of the Yellow River is rather high, and the maximum level is 4851 mg/l.
The second and third branches, the river courses at the provincial border and the rivers in Shandong are dominated by water of Grade V and worse than Grade V. There are 31.3%, 28.0% and 36.4% of the sections attaining the standards for Grade II ~ IV.
The key rivers surrounding the Lake and the waters at the border of the Lake are seriously polluted.
www.zhb.gov.cn /english/SOE/soechina2001/english/2-water.htm   (2371 words)

  
 EETimes.com - Trolltech spreads Linux reach with Wind River, Zi partnerships
LONDON — Trolltech AS, whose Qtopia platform and Qt framework have helped to develop more than 70 Linux-based embedded devices, has inked separate deals with Wind River and Zi Corporation aimed at simplifying and extending the development of device software on Linux based consumer devices.
The partnership with Wind River will align Trolltech’s Qtopia application platform with the former’s Platform for Consumer Devices, Linux Edition for use with a wide range of processors.
The deal with Zi Corporation, the Canadian group that specializes in predictive text software for mobile devices, means the software will be integrated into the Qtopia platform, enhancing the functionality of Linux-based mobile devices, which are fast gaining industry acceptance.
www.eetimes.com /news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184428367   (340 words)

  
 PPTA: PRC 37641-01 | Hunan Flood Control Project
About 30 of them are along the Xiang riverside, 10 in the Zi river basin, 21 in the Yuan river basin, 5 in the Li river basin, and 2 in the Zhujiang river basin.
These districts are all located in the hilly region or massif area, which has high ground elevation and various landforms.
Although the holdback effects from the Dongting Lake and influx sections of the four rivers are relatively small, these areas are heavily affected by flash flood.
www.adb.org /Documents/Profiles/PPTA/37641012.ASP   (513 words)

  
 N.E. Asia: The Ancient Yan and the Ye-maek Chosun(spread of Iron Culture)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As shown in the twelfth century map of Di Li Tu, however, the present-day Luan River was called the Liao River in old days, and the present-day Liao River was called the Lesser Liao River.
Remains of a line of fortifications (built with stamped earth and stone), comprising of lookout posts, ramparts, ditches, small and large forts, beacon towers, and stone walls blocking mountain passes, were found running approximately from the Karachin Banner in the west to the Fu-xin district in the east.
The Pei River was recorded as the border between Yan and Chosun.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1366591/posts   (4333 words)

  
 South Dakota Magazine » Don’t Dock Your Yacht On The Jim
Native Americans called the river E-ta-zi-po-ka-se Wakpa which basically means “un-navigable river” or “don’t bother to bring your big canoe.” French explorers simplified the name to Riviere aux Jacques, and even that was shortened to the Jim River by early settlers frugal with everything, even words.
But nobody is likely to press charges because the river also ignores the law of gravity: it hardly drops at all in elevation as it winds and twists for 710 miles (460 as the bird flies) from its mouth in North Dakota to where it empties into the Missouri, just east of Yankton.
But a vessel of much size is likely to rub the river bottom and disturb the catfish.
www.southdakotamagazine.com /?p=944   (393 words)

  
 Animal Info - Kozlov's Shrew
China, in the vicinity of the Zi Qu River, a tributary of the Mekong River.
It is restricted to relatively small patches of suitable habitat that are declining because of human encroachment.
China, in the vicinity of the Zi Qu River, a tributary of the Mekong River (Lancang Jiang).
www.animalinfo.org /species/sorekozl.htm   (454 words)

  
 Ci Hai Bridge--北方网-English
The bridge is on Zi Ya River that goes through the boundary of He Bei District and Hong Qiao District.
The bridge is suggested to design in one span across the river.
Haihe Dong Road is planned as secondary trunk road with its alignment of 30m and Zi Ya River South Road is planned as arterial road of the city with the alignment of 30m.
english.enorth.com.cn /system/2002/12/20/000477031.shtml   (337 words)

  
 Dongting Lake
Also known as the 800-hundred-li Dongting Lake, it connects the Yangtze River to the north and the Xiangjiang River, Zi River, Yuan River, and Feng River to the south.
Moreover, the Ten Shadows of Dongting Lake are also attractive sights, including Shadow of Sun, Shadow of Moon, Shadow of Cloud, Shadow of Snow, Shadow of Hill, Shadow of Tower, Shadow of Sail, Shadow of Fishing, Shadow of Gull, and Shadow of Wild Goose.
The Lotus Lake, embraced in the Dongting Lake, is famous for the well-known Xiang Lotus, one kind of rare lotus with plump seeds and crisp flesh.
www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_travel/2003-09/24/content_34209.htm   (449 words)

  
 Raft Trips Gallatin Yellowstone Montana Whitewater River Rafting Gardiner Big Sky Yellowstone National Park Rafting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Yellowstone is a wide and deep river with a large voume of water flowing through.
The Gallatin River is a classic whitewater run - with rapids that increase in intensity as you float down this mountain river.
We run a limited number of trips on this river and we are the only outfitter permitted to raft it.
www.montanawhitewater.com /pages/raft_trips.html   (620 words)

  
 Famous Chinese Rivers Topic Center - Travel to China
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www.famouschinese.com /topic/Famous_Chinese_Rivers   (327 words)

  
 Schizandra (Wu Wei Zi)
Those from northern areas of China called Northern Wu Wei Zi, and from the south-eastern of Yang Zi River named Southern Wu Wei Zi instead.
They are collected in the fall time when the fruits are matured.
Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
www.herballove.com /library/herbal/schizandra.asp   (304 words)

  
 YouTube - QJ crossing the Mississppi River w whistle
YouTube - QJ crossing the Mississppi River w whistle
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 Supplier: M11262
The third day, cruise on the li river down to the backpacker’s mecca yangshuo, feast your eyes with the gorgeous scenery of lining with many limestone pinnacles.and a visit to guilin will not complete without a boat excursion.
The forth day, renting bikes to the moon mountain, aged banyan park and bamboo boat rafting in yulong river, which reputed as li river’s younger sister.
li river cruise, yulong river bamboo boat rafting, longji rice fields, wonderful minority show, explore caves, zi river drifting.
www.infohub.com /travel_company/11262.html   (456 words)

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