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1、1.ASurveyofGansu(甘肃概况)GansuliesintheheartofChina.Ithasatotalareaofabout455,000squarekilometersandapopulationof20.41million.Lanzhou,thecapitalofGansu,isthegeographicalcenterofChina.ThedistancefromLanzhoutotheeasternboundaryofChinaisalmostthesameasthattothewestern.TheoutlineofGansuisshapedlikedadu
2、mbbell.Itisverylongfromeasttowest(1655km);but,atthenarrowestplace,thenorth-southdistanceisonly25km;the“HexiCorridor”(Morethan1,000kilometersLong)inGansuhaslongbeenknownasthemajorarteryofeast-to-westcommunicationsinChina.Inthepast,itsimportantgeographicalpositionmadeGansuakeyjunctioninancientSilk
3、Road;today,GansuisthestrategicpassageinthemodernSilkRoad-the“UrasianBridge”andalinkandsupportingbaseinthedevelopingthewholeofNorthwesternChina.Rollonmightyrivers,richinhydropowerresources.（大河奔流，水力充沛）“TheYellowRivercomesfromtheheavens”wroteLiBai,afamouspoetoftheTangDynastyofancientChina.Gansuison
4、theupperreachesoftheYellowRiverwhichtraverses486kilometersthroughtheprovince,wheretheriverexperiencesaprecipitous(险峻的)dropinelevation.TheYellowRiverandotherriversprovideGansuwithabundantwaterpowerresources.Largehydropowerstationsaredottedhereandtherelikebrightstars,themostfamousofwhichareatLiuji
5、axia,Yanguoxia,andBapanxia.TheyproduceelectricalpowerdayandnightforthedevelopmentofGansu’seconomy.Theestimatedpotentialpowergeneratedbytheseresourcesis14.26millionkw.Uptonow,2.10millionkwofpowerhasbeendeveloped.Therearemanyfavourableconditionsforwaterpowerdevelopmentsuchasgoodgeologicalstructure
6、,lessinundation,convenienttransportation,comparativelylowinvestmentcosts,andshortertimeforreturnontheinvestment.Grandplateaus(高原)andmountainsrichinmineralresources(高原雄伟，深山藏宝)Gansu’sgreatplateausandmountainshaveplentifulmineralresources.Thesetreasurearewidelyspreadovertheprovinceinlargequantities
7、ofhighgradeandgoodquality.Theminingconditionsarealsofavorable.CoalminesaremainlylocatedinHuating,Jinyuan,andLanzhou.TheHuatingareacoaldepositisestimatedat3,200milliontons,whichmakesupmorethanhalfoftheprovincialtotalresources
