Where is Zhangjiajie, Hunan?

Zhangjiajie is located between 28 52 ′-29 48 ′ north latitude and 65 438+009 40 ′-65 438+065 438+0 20 ′ east longitude. It is a new provincial-level city with the characteristics of developing Zhangjiajie tourism in northwest Hunan, and it is adjacent to Hubei Province in the north. Zhangjiajie is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, at the junction of the uplift of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the settlement area of Dongting Lake, between east longitude 109 degrees 40 minutes and north latitude10 degrees 20 minutes, between 28 degrees 52 minutes and 29 degrees 48 minutes north latitude, bordering Shimen and Taoyuan counties in the east, Yuanling county in the south and Hefeng and Xuanen counties in Hubei Province in the north.

The stratum of Zhangjiajie city is complex and diverse, which has created the local characteristic landscape. There are mainly mountains, karst, hills, hills and plains. The mountainous area accounts for 76% of the total area, among which the most distinctive is the rare seasonal sandstone peak forest landform in the world. The city is high in the northwest and inclines to the southeast along the Lishui River.

Another outstanding performance of the urban area is that due to the rising of the earth's crust, the streams are cut down and enlarged, and it is too late to widen the rivers, resulting in valleys and canyons. The bottom of the river is very linear, with steep walls and the beach is full of water. The headwaters of Lishui, upstream of backwater and Mao Yan reach in Zhangjiajie City are valley landforms.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhangjiajie