Geographical environment of Taiping Island

The geographical environment of Taiping Island includes geographical location, topography, climate and hydrology.

1, geographical location

Taiping Island is located in the northwest corner of Zhenghe Reef in the north of Nansha Islands in the South China Sea. It is about 5.7 kilometers from Zhongzhou Reef in the east, about 13.2 kilometers from the sandbar in front of the pier, and about 29.6 kilometers from Nanxun Reef in the southwest.

2. Topography

Taiping Island is long and narrow from east to west with low terrain. The east-west length is about1.289.3m, the north-south width is 365.7m, the coastline is 4 1.3 hectares, and the coastal vegetation line is 36.6 hectares, with an altitude of 4-6m.

3. Climate

Taiping Island has a tropical maritime climate, and the temperature is often between 2 1 and 35 degrees Celsius. The annual temperature is 2.7 degrees Celsius, and the daily variation range is 3-4 degrees Celsius. June-10 is the rainy season, and June-1-May is the dry season, with the most concentrated rainfall from August to September, with an annual rainfall of 2000mm. In the winter half year (11-March), there are many northeast winds, and the wind speed reaches11-0/2m/s. In summer, it is southerly from Dorsey (4-65438+1October), and the wind force is strong.

4. Hydrological situation

The underground water level on the island is high, but the water quality contains chlorine salt. Although there are several wells, except for the water quality in the east, the others are not suitable for drinking.

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1, administrative divisions of Taiping Island

Taiping Island is an inherent territory of China, and China has indisputable sovereignty over it. Now, under the actual control of the local authorities in Taiwan Province Province, there are more than 65,438+000 troops (company size), and no ordinary civilians live there. It belongs to Qijin District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province Province, and is close to Kaohsiung Port1.500km..

2. The strategic position of Taiping Island

Taiping Island, located in the northwest of Nansha Islands, is called "the heart of the South China Sea". It is about 400 nautical miles from the Xisha Islands where the People's Liberation Army of China is stationed, 860 nautical miles from Kaohsiung City, the main island of Taiwan Province Province, 440 nautical miles from the subic bay base in the Philippines, and only 540 nautical miles from Singapore, the eastern mouth of the Straits of Malacca. Its geographical location is very important. In addition, Taiping Island is also valuable in waterway safety, shipwreck notification, meteorological monitoring in the South China Sea and international aviation information.

3. Natural resources of Taiping Island

(1) plants

There are 109 species of plants on Taiping Island. If the cultivated species and domesticated species are not counted, there are 8/kloc-0 species of native plants, belonging to 33 families and 66 genera. Among them, there are 3 species of pteridophytes, 57 species of dicotyledons, belonging to 25 families and 45 genera, and 2 monocotyledons1species, belonging to 6 families 19 genera, including marine plant seamounts.

The plant composition is mainly Gramineae with 13 species, followed by Leguminosae and Euphorbiaceae with 9 species each, followed by Lithospermum, Convolvulaceae, Rubiaceae and Cyperaceae with 4 species each. From the growth habits, there are 0/2 species of trees/kloc-0, 0 species of shrubs/kloc-0, 0 species of vines1/kloc-0, and the remaining 48 species are herbs.

(2) Animals

Animals on Taiping Island are mainly migratory birds, corals, shellfish and turtles.

4. Infrastructure of Taiping Island

The infrastructure on Taiping Island includes T-shaped wharf, hydropower and thermal power facilities in the southwest of the island, as well as communication equipment such as Nansha Hospital, meteorological observation station, satellite telecommunications and radar monitoring.

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