This is my blog for my Physical Geography 1202 created by Brendan Luu




Hainan from Space

Hainan is the smallest island, along as the southernmost province of China located in the South China Sea. Originally being a part of the Guangdong Province before 1988, Hainan became its own province that year, separated from mainland China by a short 30km-wide strait.



Hainan (Red) in Relation to China




Hainan Volcano Park In the Capital, Haikou

The reason behind my choice towards Hainan in Southern China was because it is my family's place of original decent. We speak a small Chinese dialect called Hainan which as a kid, I was always so interested in my heritage, and had an urge to learn more about my roots. Hainan is an extraordinarily beautiful island in China, with the beaches making it a highly-ranked destination for tourism. 5-star hotels accompany the beach fronts; however, Hainan has its share of Physical Geography to go around such as, volcano fields, mountains, an annual fog, and typhoons.

In only the introduction for this course, I have already learned so much about my country which was a surprise to me by just by typing "hainan" into Google. I came in with a mindset that it is going to be tough to find physical geography on a small island for my blogs but I was too quick to judge.



Hainan Beach with eroding rocks along the bank

 

 

 

 

Sources:

   Basic Info - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan
   Hainan - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Hainan_tmo_07feb05_250m.jpg
   Map - http://mapsof.net/map/china-hainan-location-map
   Volcano - http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/172516.htm
   Beach - http://adventure-guide07.blogspot.com/2013/04/travel-destinations-east-coast-hainan.html