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正The cover photo was taken by QIU Dunlian on October 30,2016 in the Hailuogou valley,southeast of Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province,China.The photo shows the permanently snow and ice-covered peaks of the Mount Gongga and the misty mountain valley.Mount Gongga is the highest mountain in Sichuan province.It is also known to locals as"The King of Sichuan Mountains".Situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range,between the Dadu and Yalong Rivers,and part of the     

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正The cover photo in the Journal of Mountain Science(Vol.12.No.3,2015)was taken by ZHOU Jie in 2013.The photo shows the winter landscape of the Hani rice terraces system found in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture,Yunnan Province,China.The Hani terraces system is one of the best examples of traditional farmers"wisdom.It has formed spectacular"forest-village-terrace-river"     

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<正>The cover photo was taken by Dr.ZHANG Bin on February 9,2016 at the Langbapu Earth Forest Scenic Resort,West of the Yuanmou Dry-hot Valley in Yunnan Province,China.The brightly-colored earth forest,developed by large U-shaped permanent gullies,is characterized by diverse earth pillars and vertical walls of several or tens of meters.     

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正The cover photos of a rural landscape from the Spanish southern vineyards(Almachar;36.8°N;-4.2167°W)were taken by Jesus Rodrigo Comino in March of 2015 during a field campaign and by IGN(Spanish Nationl Institute of Geography)inside the programm Plan Nacional de OrtofotografiaAerea.In the conventional sloping vineyards of Axarquia Region in Montes de Malaga     

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正The cover photo shows the village of Niesolo(35°N,75°E,2500 masl),Pakistan(35°N,75°E,2500masl),located in an upper valley of the Shigar valley in the Karakorum mountain range.It was taken by Joseph Hill in May 2013 during field research.This village of over 80 households has a plentiful water supply for agriculture but its educational facilities are dire.Many of the households take their children up a mountain side where at 3000 masl they work as a family unit to mine mica.The mineral is sold to China via the Karakorum Highway.This artisanal mining began only in 2007 but it has     

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<正>The cover photo shows part of the largest land creation project in China,Yan'an New City.Lack of urban land has long been restricting Chinese cities,development,especially for mountainous city such as Yan'an.In response,local government of Yan'an encouraged and funded the gigantic land creation project to enable city expansion.Land creation project of Yan'an New City was launched in     

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正The cover photo of the Laohugou Glacier No.12(Terminus:4200 m a.s.l.,39°29'47"N96°31'21"E)was taken by LIU Yushuo in July 2010.The Laohugou Glacier No.12 is the largest valley glacier in the Qilian Mountains.In 1958,the first Chinese glaciological expedition for modern glaciers was undertaken in the Qilian Mountains.The Laohugou Glacier No.12 was operationally observed,and the first station of glaciological research in China was built.The rolutine measurements of the glacier     

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正The cover photo shows the natural dam rupture of Sparkling Lake(33°12'20.73 "N,103°54'01.05" E, 2356 m a.s.l) in the Jiuzhaigou Valley caused by the Jiuzhaigou earthquake on August 8, 2017. The photo was taken by CHEN Xiaoqing one week after the earthquake. Jiuzhaigou Valley is an UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the most popular scenic areas in China. The M_w 6.5 earthquake occurred 5 km to the west of a major scenic area, causing 25 deaths and injuring 525. The     

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<正>The cover photo of the Mount Mutis in Timor Island,eastern Indonesia(altitude:1765 m.a.s.l.latitude:9°35'38"S,longitude:124°14'12"E)was taken by Eko Pujiono in August 2017.The research field work focused on biophysics and socio-economic surveys related to deforestation in the MutisTimau Forest Complex.Of-ten reffered to as the"heart of Timor Island",the Mutis-Timau Forest     

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正The cover photo of the Altai Mountains(50°N,87°E)was taken by Aleksey Nagaev in June 2009during an expedition.The name "Altai" means" Gold Mountain" in Mongolian.The Altai Mountains(or Altay Mountains)are a mountain range in Central and East Asia and located border between Russia,China,Mongolia and Kazakhstan.The northwest end of the range is at 52°N and between 84°     

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正The cover photo shows the Koryaksky volcano(53°19'15.60"N,158°42'29.28"E,3456 m a.s.l),Kamchatka Peninsula,located 30 km north-west of Petropavlovsk,Russia.It was taken by Gheorghe Romanescu in July 2014 during field research.The Avachinsky-Koryaksky volcanogenic basin include Koryaksky volcano and comprises five Quaternary volcanoes(Avachinsky 2750 m a.s.l,     

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<正>The cover photo shows Yarlung Zangbo River which originates from the Jiemayangzong Glacier at an elevation of 5590 m on the northern slope of the Himalayas,and stretches across the southern part of the Tibetan Plateau.Yarlung Zangbo River is about 2057 km with a drainage area of 2.4×10~5 km~2 in     

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正The cover photo shows a big granite boulder named "Anvil Stone", which is about 10 m high and is perching on another boulder. As its name suggests, the "Anvil Stone" looks like an anvil due to its inward concave sidewalls. The "Anvil Stone" is located on a mountainous ridge of the Little Sangpu Mountain of eastern Guangdong, China at approximately 93 m above sea level. The mountain opposite the "Anvil Stone" in the photo is the Great Sangpu Mountain. The plain between the Great and Little mountains represent a faulty depression formed by Dongshanhu fault. The rock that makes     

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正The cover photo in the Journal of Mountain Science(Vol.14,No.8,2017)was taken by Mario Soriano in February 2014.The photograph shows the rice terrace landscape in Banauc,Ifugao Province,Philippines.The renowned Ifugao Rice Terraces were recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995,and an FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System in 2004.The centuries-old agricultural system is a testament to the ingenuity of the indigenous Ifugao people who     

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<正>The cover photo of a European larch forest from the Italian western Alps(45°0'N,6°46'E)was taken by Jose Morisin Alta Val di Susa in October 2015 during an experimental prescribed fire.The Alps form a mountain rangefrom Monaco to Vienna that dominates Central Europe,including parts of Italy,France,Switzerland,Liechtenstein,Austria,Germany and Slovenia.The Mont Blanc(Monte Bianco in Italian),which means white mountain,is the highest mountain of the Alps rising 4,810 m above sea level.The Italian western Alps are located in the regions of Aosta Valley and Piedmont     

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正The cover view of the Alpine Wetland(44°06'N,128°01'E)of Fenghuang Mountain in Heilongjiang Province of NE China was taken by Dr.BAO Kun-shan on October 10,2009.Fenghuang Mountain is located on the western slope of Zhangguangcai Range,1696 m above sea level.As one of the best-known virgin forest areas,Fenghuang Mountain was authorized a National Forest Park in2001.Due to the rare,old and beautiful natural geological landscapes,Fenghuang Mountain was also     

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正The cover photo was taken by Dr.TIAN Hong-zhen in the eastern Pamir Mountains in September2012.These mountains form a part of the region known as the Asian Water Towers,which includes the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountain ranges.Over one billion people depend on water from the Yellow,Yangtze,Brahmaputra,Ganges and Indus rivers originating from the Towers.Glaciers play an     

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正The cover photo was taken by TELBISZ Tamas in 2015.The photo shows a now abandoned traditional"moti"house at Poieni karst plateau in Apuseni Mts,Romania.This hut with its mossy roof is a symbol of the traditional way of life of local people but its abandonment indicates the ongoing depopulation of mountain areas.The Apuseni Mts present a fine example of spatially variable and     

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正The cover photo,produced from ESA remote sensing data,shows the volcano Mount St.Helens in the state of Washington(US)in September 2016 as observed from space by the multispectral Sentinel-2 satellite.Mount St.Helens became a hot-spot of vegetation succession research after the great volcanic eruption on 18 May 1980 had devastated most vegetation in an area of about 600 km~2.     

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正The cover photo in the Journal of Mountain Science(Vol.13 No.4)was taken by Ivan Vyahhi.The photo shows the Sotka River valley flowing in the karst massifs of the Pinezhsky Nature Reserve located in the northwestern Russian plain,on the southeastern margin of the Belomorsko-Kuloyskoe