Chapter 378: The Rhine

After listening to Robin tell the legend of Schumann's life, everyone was very emotional, and Meng Wenjie sighed.

"It's a pity, Schumann is very talented in music, I didn't expect his life to experience so many ups and downs and setbacks, and the end of his life is quite regrettable!"

"Yes!" Qu Lihua nodded, "I originally thought that Mendelssohn's family was much richer than Schumann's, and his lifespan should be very long, but I didn't expect Mendelssohn's lifespan to be short, and he died earlier than Schumann." ”

"It's just that the family conditions are good, the career is smooth, and the marriage is smooth, but the family conditions are good, not everything goes well, the life span is short, he died at the age of 38, Schumann died at the age of 46, and he lived 8 years longer than Mendelssohn. ”

"God will still compensate those children with a rough fate, and give Mendelssohn's wealthy family a shorter lifespan, in a sense, God is still very fair!"

Robin took everyone to visit Mendelssohn's house, and then took everyone to visit Schumann's house, although it is very close, but the style of the two of them is different, it can be seen that the Delssohn house is bigger, more luxurious, although Schumann's house is not as luxurious as Mendelssohn, but the layout is also very his personality and style.

"Now I want to introduce the Rhine, you must have heard that the romantic Rhine is still very famous. ”

"When we introduced Schumann just now, we also mentioned the Rhine, so I'll introduce it in detail!"

"The Rhine is the largest river in Western Europe, originating in the northern foothills of the Alps in Switzerland, flowing northwest through Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and finally emptying into the North Sea near Rotterdam, with a total length of 1,232 km. ”

"The Rhine is a well-known international river in Europe, with Liechtenstein, Austria, France and the Netherlands along the way, and the romantic Rhine is the most famous part of the Rhine, which runs from Koblenz to Bingen.

"The Rhine, which winds its way through steep vineyard-covered hills and is home to numerous castles and ruins, has been an important trade route into Central Europe since ancient times, and a series of small towns have grown along its banks, which is why there are so many small towns that have made the banks of this river prosperous. ”

Head Xia Yuxiang nodded, "The Rhine is one of the great European rivers with historical significance and cultural traditions, and it is also one of the most important industrial transportation arteries in the world, the Rhine River is very convenient for navigation, it is one of the busiest rivers in the world, the Rhine River is the longest river in Germany, and the length of the Rhine River through Germany is 865 kilometers, which is also very important to Germany. ”

"To survive, we need not only food, but also water, and the Rhine provides water for cities along the route to be passed on from generation to generation. ”

Robin nodded, "Yes, the Rhine is very important to Germany, the Rhine is also connected to other major rivers through a series of canals, forming a well-connected water transport network, the Rhine's low freight costs help to reduce the price of raw materials, which is the main reason why the Rhine has become the main axis of industrial production, and now one-fifth of the world's chemical products are produced along the Rhine." ”

"When talking about the formation of this river, I think I still have to know some geographical knowledge, and it is also very interesting to talk about, in order to let you know better, I will tell you in detail!" Robin began to introduce.

"The Rhine River flows from the Alps to the North Sea basin, and the geography and geological environment of the Rhine River today began to form during the Alpine orogeny, and in southern Europe, the ancient Mediterranean between the Eurasian plate and the African plate appeared, and the current Mediterranean Sea came from this slightly larger ancient Mediterranean. ”

"In the Jurassic, the Eurasian plate and the African plate moved in opposite directions, and began to squeeze the paleo-Mediterranean seabed, so that the Eurasian continent was pressed above the paleo-Mediterranean, and the edge of the plate was in the Oligocene and Miocene Alpine orogenies of the Cenozoic Era. ”

"Several tectonic plates have shifted during this extrusion, creating unique geological features near the Mediterranean, including the Pyrenees, the Italian Alps, and the westward moving mountains and islands of Anatolia and Greece, and this extrusion and orogeny continues to the present day, resulting in continuous annual mountain rises and volcanic activity. ”

"So volcanic activity, it will change, when we were in geography class, the teachers talked about it, and I still remember it vividly, the earth is always changing, mountains, rivers, plains, oceans, nature coexists in harmony, and it takes many years to form like this. ”

"In the north of Europe, the North Sea basin was formed during the Triassic and Jurassic, and sediments continue to accumulate until now, and the area between the Alpine orogeny and the North Sea basin sedimentation is still relatively high, including the Ardennes, the Eiffel and the Vosges. ”

"After the Eocene, the Alpine orogeny created an N-S fissure system in this region, which consists mainly of the Upper Rhine graben in southeastern Germany and eastern France, and the Lower Rhine Bay in northwestern Germany and southeastern Netherlands. ”

"In the Miocene, a river system developed in the Upper Rhine graben, which continued to flow northward, and is considered to be the first Rhine, during which no tributaries flowed into the Rhine, but the watershed between the RhΓ΄ne and the Danube flowed away from the northern side of the Alps. ”

"The German Alps are also very important, there are mountains, there is a natural protective barrier, if you want to enter, you must cross the Alps, you can, the Alps are relatively high, it is the highest mountain range in Germany, it is also advantageous, there are mountains and rivers, the scenery is good, there are many tourist attractions, but also attract tourists from all over the world. ”

"The Alps are the watershed of the Rhine, which was not the case in the first place, and it was formed slowly over a long period of time, so I will tell you about this process. ”

"In the Miocene, the Rhine was divided into the southern part of the Eiffel and Westerlings, about the northern edge of the Alps, and then flowed into the Rhine, but the Moselle was not yet a tributary of the Rhine, and the northern foothills of the Alps flowed into the Danube. ”

"The Rhine extended southward by river raids and led to a continuous increase in its tributaries, which in the Pliocene reached the Vosges Mountains, including the Moselle, Main and Neckar. ”

"The northern part of the Alps is the basin of the RhΓ΄ne, and the Rhine River has incorporated most of the rivers that now flow into the RhΓ΄ne in the early Pleistocene, including the Aare, and from this time onwards, the Rhine basin has expanded to the upper reaches of Lake Constance, and the upper reaches of the Main and the Vosges Mountains have also become part of the Rhine basin. ”

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