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The book contains numerous figures to illustrate the origins of landscape in Hong Kong together with background notes explaining both human and natural impacts on landscape

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An example model from Stage 4 of the trail showing the evolution of a boulder field

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Much of Hong Kong is made up of volcanic rocks, some of which formed in collapsed volcanoes or calderas as shown above

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Model showing the evolution of deltas and valley deltas since the last major rise in world sea levels