John Muir and Timothy Severin describe incredible landscapes, explaining each one of them. They describe how fascinating the landscape looks. John Muir's landscape that he is studying is the Yosemite Valley in California. Timothy Severin describes and studies the Govi dessert in China. They have their differences between each other's landscapes. They describe the differences in the landscapes of how big they are and how it is like being near that landscape.

Some differences that each of the landscapes have are how different their substances are. The landscape that John describes is a very rocky place to be in, and the landscape that Timothy describes is sandy and much less crowded, and sometimes can come with surprises. John and Timothy also describe the different sizes they each have. Timothys landscape is way much bigger than Johns. In the article The Oriental Adventure says, "an immense land-locked trough a thousand miles long and up to six miles …show more content…
The canons have snow running through the waterfalls. The canon also has minor storms that are calm for the canons and river of floods going through them.In the desert there is sand storms and high winds making it difficult to go through, which makes you have to lie down to the ground till it is over. It can also be a very dry place because it can go more than half the year without rain,but according to Timothy it is worse when winter comes. In the article The Oriental severin it says," The only defense is to lie on the ground, "head covered in a towel, and wait for the storm to blow over." This evidence explains how you have to get in a certain position to not get hurt during the storm.In Johns landscape you dont have to go through these different types of