day 49mountains, rivers and coasts
unit 7 · travel and geographymountains, rivers and coasts
Name the land and the water (plains, basins, gorges, straits, bays, beaches) and describe a landscape in order: from west to east, from the top down.
today’s words
- 大陆 dàlù · continent, mainland
- 半岛 bàndǎo · peninsula
- 岛屿 dǎoyǔ · islands
- 海峡 hǎixiá · strait
- 海湾 hǎiwān · bay, gulf
- 港湾 gǎngwān · harbour
- 海滨 hǎibīn · seaside
- 海滩 hǎitān · beach
- 沙滩 shātān · sandy beach
- 沿岸 yán'àn · along the coast or banks
- 对岸 duì'àn · the opposite bank
- 河畔 hépàn · riverside
- 湖泊 húpō · lakes
- 溪 xī · stream, brook
- 运河 yùnhé · canal
- 支流 zhīliú · tributary
- 流域 liúyù · river basin
- 上游 shàngyóu · upper reaches
- 下游 xiàyóu · lower reaches
- 发源 fāyuán · to rise, originate (river)
- 发源地 fāyuándì · source, birthplace
- 水域 shuǐyù · waters, body of water
- 瀑布 pùbù · waterfall
- 山川 shānchuān · landscape, mountains and rivers
- 江山 jiāngshān · the land, a country’s landscape
- 山脉 shānmài · mountain range
- 山岭 shānlǐng · mountain ridges
- 山谷 shāngǔ · valley
- 峡谷 xiágǔ · gorge, canyon
- 丘陵 qiūlíng · hills, hilly land
- 盆地 péndì · basin (land)
- 平原 píngyuán · plain
- 雪山 xuěshān · snow mountain
- 悬崖 xuányá · cliff, precipice
- 陡峭 dǒuqiào · steep, precipitous
- 视 shì · to look at; to regard; (视……而定) to depend on
sentences
- 从北往南，先是平原，再是丘陵。 · From north to south, first there are plains, then hills.
- 河的上游是峡谷，下游是一片盆地。 · The upper reaches of the river run through gorges; the lower reaches cross a basin.
- 长江发源于雪山，最后流进大海。 · The Yangtze rises in the snow mountains and finally flows into the sea.
- 沿着海滨往东走，就是一片沙滩。 · Walk east along the seafront and you come to a sandy beach.
- 山谷对面是一座陡峭的悬崖。 · Across the valley there is a sheer cliff.