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The giant river valleys, created millions of years ago, act like immense funnels. The gorges are so deep and narrow, that the moist warm air is driven right up into the north of Yunnan. |
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The result is rain, in torrents! |
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Four months of daily rainstorms sustain luxuriant vegetation. |
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The arrival of the monsoon awakens one of the forest' s most extraordinary moistureloving inhabitants. |
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The crocodile newt is one of the most unusual of the many amphibian species found here. |
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As the rains arrive, they emerge to mate. |
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xíng chéng yú qiān bǎi wàn nián qián de jù dà hé gǔ, rú tóng jù dà de lòu dǒu yì bān. zhèi xiē xiá gǔ shēn suì xiá cháng, yǐn dǎo shī rè qì liú jìng zhí liú xiàng diān běi. rán hòu jiù shì jiàng yǔ bào xiè de kuáng liú! jìn sì gè yuè de chí xù léi yǔ zī rùn zhe mào shèng de zhí wù. jì fēng de lái lín huàn xǐng le sēn lín zhōng zuì xǐ hào cháo shī de jū mín. lèi è róng yuán shì cǐ chù fā xiàn de zuì wéi bù fán de liǎng qī dòng wù zhī yī. dāng yǔ jì lái lín tā men kāi shǐ qiú ǒu fán yǎn. |