Geographical location of West Lake in Hangzhou

West Lake, located atNo. 1 Longjing Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the west of Hangzhou City, with a total scenic area of 49 square kilometers, a catchment area of 2 1.22 square kilometers and a lake surface area of 6.38 square kilometers.

It is surrounded by mountains in the west, south and north, the urban area in the east and the Qiantang River in the south. Bai Causeway, Su Causeway, Yang Gongdi and Zhao Gong dikes in the lake divide the lake into several water surfaces.

The West Lake is located on the edge of the southeastern hills of China, on the northern edge of subtropical zone. The annual average total solar radiation is between100-10 kcal/cm2, and the sunshine hours are 1800-2 100 hours. There are more than 0/00 scenic spots in West Lake, including "Ten Scenes of West Lake", "Ten Scenes of New West Lake" and "Three Comments on Ten Scenes of West Lake".

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There are some deciduous broad-leaved tree species in the limestone area of West Lake. The forest ecosystem around the West Lake is dominated by evergreen broad-leaved deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, with subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, deciduous broad-leaved forest and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest.

There are 739 genera 184 families 1369 species of seed plants in West Lake Scenic Area, including 28 species of gymnosperms belonging to 7 families, 19 genera 150 families, 68 species of angiosperms 1273 species and 45 genera of ferns belonging to 27 families.

There are 2 1 species of rare plants such as Phoebe chekiangensis, wild soybean and bamboo with short spikes. There are 63 species of national first-class protected animals and national second-class protected animals. Five rare plants, such as Runnan, Ardisia japonica, Celastrus orbiculatus, Pteris Pteris and Phyllostachys pubescens, are listed as national or provincial protected plants.

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