What are the geographical location and characteristics of Zhangjiajie?

Zhangjiajie City is located in the hinterland of Wuling Vein in the middle and upper reaches of Lishui River in the northwest of Hunan Province, and its geographical coordinates are10940 ~1120 "and 28 52 ~ 29 48" north latitude.

It is adjacent to Shimen County and Taoyuan County in Changde City in the east, Yongshun County and Longshan County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the west, Yuanling County in Huaihua City in the south and Hefeng County and Xuanen County in Hubei Province in the north.

The east-west length of the city is167km, and the north-south width is 96km, with a total area of 9516km2, of which mountains account for 76%, hills account for 1 1.75%, hills account for 5.73% and waters account for 4.5%.

Climate characteristics of Zhangjiajie;

Zhangjiajie is located in the middle of north latitude and belongs to the embryonic form of subtropical mountain monsoon humid climate. Sufficient light and heat, abundant rainfall, long frost-free period, short cold period and four distinct seasons. The annual average sunshine time 1440 hours, the average temperature 16 degrees, the average precipitation 1400 mm, and the average frost-free period in previous years ranged from 2 16 days to 269 days.

Affected by the terrain, the climate in the territory is complex and changeable, and natural disasters such as drought, flood, strong wind and hail also occur from time to time. Annual average temperature 17℃, 1 monthly average temperature 5. 1℃, July average temperature 28℃, annual precipitation1400 mm.