Nature
The hilly area of the island largely remains intact and is designated as a green belt. In 1997 a once lost endemic plant, Hong Kong croton, was found in the woodland beneath the highest peak, Tsing Yi Peak, on the island.
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Famous quotes containing the word nature:
“There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“When we reflect upon the cruelties daily practised upon such of the animal creation as are given us for food, or which we ensnare for our diversion, we shall be obliged to own that there is more of the savage in human nature than we are aware of.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.”
—Alice Meynell (1847–1922)