The geographical features of Shanxi

Geographical features of Shanxi: high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and low in the south, with many hills, few plains and few rivers.

Shanxi is a province of China, located in the north of China, and is one of the important agricultural and industrial bases in China. The geographical features of Shanxi are mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1. Location: Shanxi is located in North China, the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, and the southern edge of Fen, Jin and Luoshen Economic Zones. It governs 14 prefecture-level cities with a total area of 156300 square kilometers. Geographically, Shanxi is adjacent to Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, with convenient transportation and strong geographical advantages.

2. Topography: Shanxi is high in the east and low in the west. From north to south, there are Taihang Mountain, Hengshan Mountain, Wudang Mountain and Taiyue Mountain in turn, with unique terrain. There are many plateaus and mountains in Shanxi, including the hilly Loess Plateau, the rolling Taihang Mountains in the west, the steep and spectacular Mount Heng, the long mountains and the deep valleys, which form a beautiful natural landscape and attract many tourists to visit.

Climate characteristics: Shanxi belongs to the semi-humid climate in the middle temperate zone, which is a typical northern climate, so the weather in Shanxi changes obviously, with cool and dry spring and autumn, cold and dry winter and high temperature and rainy summer. The western Taihang Mountain and Hexi Corridor have less precipitation and belong to semi-arid climate.

Four. Humanistic features: Shanxi is one of the major historical and cultural provinces in China, with profound historical and cultural background and rich cultural landscape. Shanxi is rich in tourism resources, including Yungang Grottoes, Hukou Waterfall, Wutai Mountain and other famous scenic spots of world cultural heritage, as well as rich and colorful folk customs and traditional crafts, such as Fenzhou Kiln and Yangquan Coal Culture.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) natural resources: Shanxi is rich in natural resources, especially coal, iron ore, oil, natural gas and other mineral resources. It is one of the important energy and industrial bases in China. At the same time, Shanxi is also a big agricultural province with abundant water resources, especially the Yellow River flowing through the province, which provides a solid foundation for Shanxi's economic and agricultural development.

The geographical advantages of Shanxi

Adequate water resources: Besides the Yellow River, there are Fenhe River, Qinhe River, Sanggan River, Zhanghe River, Hutuo River and other rivers in Shanxi. The sources of Yongding River, Daqing River, Ziya River and Zhangwei River, the main tributaries of Haihe River, are all in Shanxi, so Shanxi is known as the water tower in North China.

Convenient transportation: there are mountains and rivers outside Shanxi, and there are plenty of water sources and fertile basins inside. There is no problem with self-sufficiency. Since ancient times, it has been called the exterior and interior mountains and rivers.