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Qiandao Lake (simplified Chinese: 千岛湖; traditional Chinese: 千島湖; pinyin: Qiāndǎo Hú; lit. 'Thousand Island Lake') is a man-made freshwater lake located in Chun'an County , Hangzhou , Zhejiang Province, China, that was formed after the completion of the Xin'an River hydroelectric station in 1959.
Qianjiangyuan National Forest Park is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone and exhibits four distinct seasons. It has an average annual temperature of 16.4 °C (61.5 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,814-millimetre (71.4 in), a frost-free period of 252 days and annual average sunshine hours in 1712.5 hours.
Qiandao may refer to: Qiandao Lake, a human-made lake in Chun'an County, Zhejiang, China; ... Qiandao (乾道, 1165–1173), era name used by Emperor Xiaozong of Song
A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires. [10]On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over 300 square miles (780 km 2) [11] [12] and sent people fleeing for their lives.
Just west of Nimpo Lake the highway crosses the Dean River before reaching Anahim Lake (population 163) and the adjacent Indian reserve at 310 km (190 mi). 35 km (22 mi) west of Anahim Lake, the highway enters Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park, and 6.2 km (3.9 mi) later, it crosses into the Central Coast Regional District at Heckman Pass.
Location of Jordan River in British Columbia along the southwestern side of Vancouver Island Winter surfing, as seen from the bridge next to Shaky's Burger Shack.. Jordan River, founded as, and still officially gazetted as, River Jordan, [1] is a small settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Victoria at the mouth ...
A scenic route through some of the province's most isolated areas, [2] the highway first gained designation as British Columbia Highway 37 in the year 1975. At that time, its southern terminus was at the community of New Hazelton on the BC Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway ).
The highway begins at a point on the Alaska Highway 28 km (17 mi) northwest of Fort Nelson and runs 138 km (86 mi) northeast through expanses of the Canadian Boreal Forest to the border of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Beyond the border, it continues for 254 km (158 mi) as a very rough packed dirt and gravel road designated as ...