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Mount Cotton, Queensland
Mount Cotton is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Cotton had a population of 6,835 people. The area was colonised by Germans in the late 1860s after possible frontier wars with First Nations peoples. In the 20th century, poultry farms were established and in recent years the number of residential sub-developments has expanded. Geography Mount Cotton (the mountain) is in the central part of the locality (), rising to . The main road through the locality is Mount Cotton Road which enters from the north-west (Sheldon, Queensland, Sheldon), passes east of the mountain, and exits to the south (Cornubia, Queensland, Cornubia). Mount Cotton is a koala Conservation movement, conservation area. In the west, the Venman Bushland National Park preserves a section of bushland along Tingalpa Creek. To the east, a wildlife corridor goes from the mountain towards Eprapah scout environmental site and Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mian
Mount Mian,. also known by its Chinese language, Chinese name Mianshan, is a list of Chinese mountains, mountain in the town (PRC), town of Mianshan (town), Mianshan in Jiexiu, Jinzhong, in central Shanxi Province in north China. Its official scenic area opened in the year 2000 and covers , with about 400 attractions grouped into 14 tourist areas. Name Mount Mian is supposedly named for the resemblance of its long, unbroken ridgeline to a piece of cotton. In Old Chinese, ancient Chinese, however, ''mián'' did not refer to cotton but to silk Embroidery thread, floss. It was then used by extension for the ideas of "weak", "soft", and "downy", before coming to be used in Standard Mandarin, modern Chinese as the usual word for cotton. Geography Mt Mian is a branch of the Taihang Mountains south of the Fen River. Its official scenic area covers , with about 400 attractions grouped into 14 tourist areas. The chain's ridgeline stretches for over , with its highest peak reaching . Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
