乐土福地皆因水--桂林两江四湖古今谈之二

桂林既有自然形成的河流湖泊,又有历代人工开凿的壕塘沟渠,相互贯通,萦绕全城,构成环城水系,如同血脉,赋予生命,注入活力。因为有环城水系,具有多方面功能,给人们带来幸福快乐,被宋代周去非在《岭外代答》中誉为“乐土福地”。     

水之秘境 九寨沟

这是世人眼中的另一个中国。在高踞于四川省群山中的九寨沟自然保护区,稀有的动植物找到了乐土,而数以千万计的游客见到了清凉澄净、色如宝石的湖水。当急进的工业肆意篡改着沟外世界的面貌,此处却依然宛若仙境。     

青海的名湖

青藏高原有全球最密集的大小高原湖泊群。青藏高原的青海省,湖泊数量仅次于西藏,是中国湖泊最多的省区之一;而且青海的湖泊,与西藏多为咸水湖不同的是,既有咸水湖又有淡水湖,许多湖泊是中国乃至世界名湖,风光秀美,绝无仅有——     

高原鱼类

雅鲁藏布江因其发源地之高、水量的丰沛、水质的洁净、流经国家之多．被世人誉为高原国际大河。雅鲁藏布江全长2900公里,我国境内长2057公里,占整个水系河长的665％．平均海拔4000米以上．具有众多的支流,其中流域面积大于10000平方公里的有5条．以拉萨河流域面积最大．为32588平方公里。雅鲁藏布江与纳木错、色林错、羊卓雍错等大量亚洲乃至世界著名的高原湖泊．构成了极为复杂的高原水系格局。这里便是高原鱼类千百万年以来赖以生息繁衍的家园。     

印度乌代昔尔：水之女人

水乃万物之源，对于所有生命不可缺少。对于印度教徒来说不只是生理需求，更是精神寄托。我走了印度很多地方，发现印度人把水当做神圣的物质在崇拜，不只洗清身上罪劣，更净化典心灵。有湖和江，必成圣湖和圣河。     

鄱阳湖面临干涸：何时才能重现秋水长天

事件随着2008年早春的到来,鄱阳湖,这个中国最大的淡水湖,水域面积从最大时的4000平方公里减少到不足50平方公里。曾经碧波千里的浩瀚水面消失了。据统计,因鄱阳湖大旱,河畔的城市有上千万人遭受了水资源危机。鄱阳湖喊渴,除了自2006年以来沿湖地区持久干旱、上游来水少等不可抗拒的因素以外,围湖造堰、速生杨吞食鄱阳湖湿地、无序采沙加剧湖底沙漠化等人为危害更为可怕。     

藏北湖区探秘当惹雍错

翻开西藏自治区地形图,可以在藏北高原看到无数星罗棋布的大小湖泊,尤如繁星般散落的高原明珠,是令无数人心生向往的西藏高原湖泊最为密集的地带,也是至今难以穿越而又风光明媚的一条轴线,用湖泊、神山以及河流水系穿插起古老传说和不为人所熟知的象雄和古格遗迹。这其中的当惹雍错,位于那曲的尼玛县。紧邻双湖特别区。西藏神山圣湖众多,但在大湖当中,能以“雍错”为名的,也就“玛旁雍错”．“羊卓雍错”和“当惹雍错”。当惹雍错养在深闺,是西藏原始宗教苯教所崇拜的最大神湖,又是古象雄国重要的政治军事中心点之一,是三大雍错中最神秘的一个。     

苏干湖

两只蔚蓝色的眸子,在天高云淡的静谧中多情地注视着阿尔金山。不管是南来或者北往,无论从哪个角度看,它们都像两颗晶莹的珍珠,镶嵌在美丽的海子草原上。     

查干湖冬捕

查干湖,又名查干淖尔（蒙语,意为“白色的湖”）,位于吉林西部松花江畔前郭尔!罗斯大草原上”,天然湖面约230平方公里,是吉林省最大内陆湖,也是国内十大淡水湖之一。查干湖冬捕源于史前,盛于辽金。     

地之力量

洪荒时代的世界总是充满了谜团和惊奇。在大众的流行印象里,青藏高原在远古曾经是一片汪洋大海,大海中有与恐龙同时代的史前巨兽——鱼龙游弋东西。后来,由于南面的印度次大陆向北,撞上了欧亚大陆,导致了青藏高原的隆起,这里由海洋变成了陆地乃至高原。     

Geopolitical Force Fields

An entropy-maximizing model of the geographic deployment of power by states is derived from a minimal set of assumptions about the system's operation. The outcome is a production-constrained gravity model. This is manipulated to yield the general expression for the boundary between the spheres of influence of competing powers. Even in this simplest of forms, the model provides a logically consistent theoretical framework with which to view the outcomes of major geopolitical changes. The elaboration and disaggregation of the model to tackle finer adjustments would not be difficult.     

Interpreting for the Afghanistan Spanish Force

The participation of interpreters as linguistic and cultural mediators is considered essential to the success of military operations in a foreign country. This study examines the situation of two categories of civilian interpreters who worked for the Spanish armed forces in Afghanistan: interpreters recruited in Spain and interpreters recruited in Afghanistan. The distinct positionalities of these groups of interpreters emerge as a recurring theme in the interviews carried out as part of this research. The findings indicate that the interpreter’s positionality impacted the interpreter’s agency, the trust placed in him or her by the armed forces, and exposure to danger. In highlighting interpreters’ active participation in the communicative situation, this paper increases understanding of the positionality of interpreters in war zones.     

Operation Allied Force: handmaiden of independent Kosovo

This article challenges the historical amnesia surrounding the whirlwind of international recognition of the state of Kosovo. It explores three theses concerning the role of international intervention and local politics in state formation. First, the article contends that Kosovar Albanians were 'backed into' the independent state option. Second, it makes a distinction between 'parallel states' and 'parallel societies', and explores the inadequacy of the thesis that, in the case of Kosovo, a parallel entity was waiting in the wings, prepared to step up and assume the mantle of a fully operational independent state. Third, it argues that Operation Allied Force was central to the eventual recognition of the independent State of Kosovo.     

Female Labour Force Participation and Fertility in South Korea

Drawing on data from the Korea Labour and Income Panel Study 1998?2008, this article attempts to assess the impact of female labour force participation on childbirth decisions in South Korea. To control for the dynamic processes through which soon-to-be mothers choose to get out of the labour force to give birth, empirical datasets using three different birth-month lag scenarios are examined: no lag; five-month lag; and eight-month lag. In addition parity-specific effects for the first and second childbirth are evaluated in consideration of previous findings showing different effects by birth order. Results suggest that, regarding the first birth, female labour force participation does not seem to have significantly diminished transition probability to first birth. Female labour force participation, however, appears to affect the second childbirth decision in a negative direction, although the impacts are not as great as have been widely publicised.     

闲话水窖

水窖,亦称"旱井",是我国黄土高原缺水地区存蓄雨水的一种设施,一般在田边路旁流水汇集的地方开挖。窖水除供应人畜饮用外,还可以浇灌农     

“漂浮”在水上的城市

<正>和煦温暖的金色阳光/夹杂清晨薄雾弥漫的寒气/呼应鸟儿此起彼伏的嬉笑浸入行云流水的钢琴音波里/丝丝缕缕/缤纷渲染开来一条河流或湖泊用水的文化,将一座城池作了充分的注解。远离城市的喧嚣和污染,寻求一处闲适的桃花源地。苏州便是最好的去处了——她给人的固有印象既明确又模糊。那些明确来自声名远播的丝绸、园林、古曲,他们在江东吴地悠悠传承了千百年,标志化地给苏州这座城市打上烙印;当然,这些印迹也可以模糊到只有一个脑中概