Where is Yibin?

Yibin is located in the southern margin of Sichuan Basin, at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Because Jinsha River and Minjiang River meet here to form the Yangtze River, Yibin is known as "the first city in the Yangtze River". Yibin has been an important post station of the Southern Silk Road since ancient times, and is known as "the southwest half of Gu Rong".

The landform of Yibin

The topography of Yibin is generally high in the southwest and low in the northeast. The highest point in the urban area is Laojun Mountain, the main peak of Wuzhishan Mountain in Pingshan County, with an altitude of 2008.7 meters, which is the highest peak in southern Sichuan, and the lowest point is near Jinshan Temple in Jiang 'an County, with an altitude of 236 meters. The landform of the whole city is dominated by middle and low mountains and hills, with alternating mountains and valleys. The natural profile is "seven mountains, one water and two fields". In the city, 46.6% are middle and low mountains, 45.3% are hills and 8. 1% are flat dams.