Progress in the study on mountainous vertical zonation in China

摘要

There are many mountains in China. About 33/100 of the terrestrial parts of the country are mountainous re- gion. Himalayan movement established the layout of the mountains in general. Circulation of Eastern Asian monsoon set- tles the horizontal structure of physical zonation. They lay the groundwork of the mountainous vertical zonation. The au- thors think there are 178 principal types that belong to the system of monsoonary zonal spectra and the system of mainland zonal spectra according to the features of the base of the mountainous vertical zonation. The paper discusses the regular pattern of the mountainous vertical zonation and provides a lot of forward problems of the mountainous vertical zonation that is very significant.