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Cloudy Hill
Cloudy Hill or Kau Lung Hang Shan ( Chinese: 九龍坑山) is a 440m high hill in Tai Po District of northeastern Hong Kong. It is located within Pat Sin Leng Country Park. The source of the Ma Wat River is located on Cloudy Hill. Some parts of the hiking trail are very difficult to walk. Stage 9 of the Wilson Trail starts from the top of the hill. See also *List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong *Wilson Trail *Tai Po Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsu ... Tai Po District Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong {{HongKong-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Lok Yuen
Hong Lok Yuen () is a low-density luxury residential housing estate in Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong, located near Cloudy Hill. It is north of Tai Po Town. History Hong Lok Yuen was previously an orchard owned by GeneraLi Fulin It is reputed to have excellent feng shui. Hong Lok Yuen was approved for development in 1977 as a new garden estate. Canadian Overseas Development and (黃振輝) were the developers. The developing company Hong Lok Yuen Property Co Ltd a joint venture between Wong, a well known architect, and Winpole International Ltd (永保國際有限公司) with Sun Hung Kai Properties also later participating in the development. Hong Lok Yuen was sub-divided into a total of 1,196 units between 1980 and September 1993. The estate The total area of the Hong Lok Yuen estate covers an area of 558,000 square meters, of which 40% is reserved for forests and parks. Most of the units are 1600-3500 sq ft two to three storey independent villas with garages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngau Kwu Leng
''Lepidium oleraceum'' is a herb in the family Brassicaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Its English common name is Cook's scurvy grass; Māori names include nau, ngau, naunau and heketara. Its specific epithet ''oleraceum'' means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of (). Taxonomy There are three recognised varieties: *var. ''frondosum'' Kirk *var. ''acutidentatum'' Kirk *var. ''serrulatum'' Thell. Distribution In New Zealand it is native to coastal areas of the North and South Islands, Stewart Island, the Three Kings Islands, the Snares Islands, the Chatham Islands, the Auckland Islands, the Antipodes Islands and the Bounty Islands. Although this species was once widespread, it is now mostly restricted to off-shore rock stacks and islets. Conservation status The small populations are highly threatened, one of the reasons being reduced populations of seabirds which they are dependent on to provide highly fertile and disturbed soils associated with nesting grounds. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the world's population) speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be variants of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered separate languages in a family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin (with about 800 million speakers, or 66%), followed by Min (75 million, e.g. Southern Min), Wu (74 million, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Po District
Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yuen, Ting Kok, Plover Cove, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Mei Tuk and other surrounding areas, and its exclaves Sai Kung North, in the northern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula and including islands such as Grass Island (Tap Mun), and Ping Chau (Tung Ping Chau). Tai Po proper and Sai Kung North are divided by the Tolo Channel and the Tolo Harbour (Tai Po Hoi). The district is located in the Eastern New Territories. The ''de facto'' administrative centre of the district is Tai Po New Town. Like Yuen Long, the area of Tai Po used to be a traditional market town. Tai Po New Town, a satellite town, developed around the area of Tai Po and on reclaimed land on the estuaries of Lam Tsuen and Tai Po rivers. It had a population of 310,879 in 2001. The distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Sin Leng Country Park
Pat Sin Leng Country Park () is a country park in Hong Kong located in the northeastern New Territories. Established on 18August 1978, the country park covers of natural terrain. It comprises the Pat Sin Leng mountain range and other spurs, including Wong Leng, Ping Fung Shan, Cloudy Hill and Kwai Tau Leng. Hok Tau Reservoir and Lau Shui Heung Reservoir are also within the country park. Ecology The catchment forests are habitats for avian species such as crested bulbul, Chinese bulbul, hwamei, Oriental magpie robin, Chinese francolin, Japanese quail, common kingfisher, European magpie, crested myna and crows. Also dwelling in woodlands are mammals like Malayan porcupine, Chinese pangolin, masked palm civet, leopard cat and common muntjac. Lau Shui Heung Reservoir is rimmed by Peking willow and Fortune's keteleeria. Spots Stages nine and ten (ending stages) of the Wilson Trail traverse the Pat Sin Leng Country Park. The section within the park leads from Cloudy Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Wat River
The Ma Wat River () is a river in Fanling, northern New Territories, Hong Kong. Its source lies at Kau Lung Hang Shan. The river flows northwards towards Fanling, staying near the eastern industrial areas. It empties into the Ng Tung River near Kan Lung Tsuen. See also *List of rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong The location of Hong Kong, adjacent to the coast, is not close to the system of major rivers in southern China, though the water to the west of Hong Kong is influenced by Pearl River. In 1,103 km2 of land, the territory is largely hilly with over ... References *2007. ''2007 Hong Kong Map''. Easy Finder Ltd. External linksRivers of Hong Kong in Chinese Rivers of Hong Kong Fanling {{HK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Trail
The Wilson Trail () is a long-distance footpath in Hong Kong, 63 km of which runs through Hong Kong country parks.Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department – Wilson Trail Country and Marine Parks Authority Agriculture It was named after , who was from 1987 to 1992. The Wilson Trail was developed by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains, Peaks And Hills In Hong Kong
The following is a list of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong. In the romanisation system used by the Hong Kong Government known as Standard Romanisation, 'shan' and 'leng' are the transliterations of the Cantonese words for 'mount' (山) and 'ridge' (嶺), respectively. 'Toi', 'kong', 'fung' and 'koi' also correspond to 'mount' in English and 'teng' corresponds to 'peak'. It is this system which is used in the list below. Highest peaks of Hong Kong Lesser Hills There are numerous smaller hills that dot Hong Kong and some that have disappeared with re-development: Volcanoes * Tai Mo Shan * High Island Supervolcano * Kwun Yam Shan, Lam Tsuenhttp://geolsoc.org.hk/_newsletters/VOL%252014.2_Mar2008.pdf https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=231062983601269&story_fbid=673694836004746& Removed hills * Cheung Pei Shan * Sacred Hill See also * Geography of Hong Kong * Mountain Search and Rescue Company References External links Peaks in Hong Kong, with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Po
Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsuen River and the Tai Po Hui (the current Tai Po Market; historically Tai Wo Shi, literally ''Tai Wo market'') on Fu Shin Street on the south of the Lam Tsuen River, near the old Tai Po Market railway station of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section). Both market towns became part of the Tai Po New Town in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In present-day usage, "Tai Po" may refer to the area around the original market towns, the Tai Po New Town (), or the entire Tai Po District. Etymology In Chinese, the place, Tai Po (), was formerly written as . Treating the Chinese characters separately, the pronounce of Po in the third tone () in Cantonese are shared with many words, not only Po in the sixth tone (). For example, the "Po" () of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
