Starting from Xiangyang by train, I woke up and went to several tourist cities.

From Xiangyang to Wuhan, Shiyan 1 hour, 2 hours to Zhengzhou, 3 hours to Chongqing, and 4 hours to Changsha, Hefei, Beijing and Nanjing.

Xiangyang, located in the middle reaches of the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, is the central city in the adjacent areas of Hubei, Henan, Chongqing and Shaanxi. The development of Xiangyang City began in Zhou Xuanwang, where Feng Zhongshanfu (Fan Muzhong) lived. Since Liu Mu moved to Jingzhou to govern Xiangyang, Xiangyang has always been the seat of government, Taoism, state, Taoism and county. Xiangyang is a national historical and cultural city, a sub-central city in the province, a central city in the Hanjiang River basin, a member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a third-tier city, a new industrial base in Hubei Province and a central city in northwest Hubei approved by the State Council.

Xiangyang is an important hub of the national railway transportation network. Xiangyang North Station is the top three railway freight marshalling station in China and the largest in the whole province. It is also an important station for traffic distribution in North China, South China and Southwest China. Xiangyang East Station is the largest high-speed rail passenger station built in prefecture-level cities in China at one time, and it is a super-large hub node of the national "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network.

topography

The topography of Xiangyang city is roughly divided into three basic geographical units, namely, the western mountainous area, the central hilly area and the eastern hilly area. Geologically, it belongs to Yangtze paraplatform and Qinling geosyncline. Soil mainly includes yellow brown soil, paddy soil, calcareous soil, fluvo-aquic soil, purple soil and mountain brown soil. The mountains are divided into Wudang Mountain, Jingshan Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and Dahongshan Mountain.

Rivers belong to Hanjiang River and Zhang Ju River, with subtropical monsoon climate, distinct seasons and abundant resources. Multi-species protected areas occupy an important position in the whole country and the whole province, and there are many kinds of natural disasters, among which floods and droughts are frequent.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiangyang