Where is Hainan Island in China?

Hainan Island is located in the southernmost part of China. It is the main island of Hainan Province in the southernmost part of China. It is also known as "Qiongya" and "Qiongzhou". The island covers an area of ??33,920 square kilometers and is the second largest island in China.

Hainan Island is across the Qiongzhou Strait to the north, facing the Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong Province. It has an inseparable "mother-child relationship" and the same geological structure as the South China mainland. It is an island formed by faulting after the earth's crust rose.

Litian Mountain in the central part of Hainan Island and Wuzhi Mountain in the southeast are both mountainous areas running from northeast to southwest. The Nandu River, Changhua River, Wanquan River, etc. all originate from these mountains, forming a radial water system. The coastline around the island is 1,528 kilometers long.

On May 1, 1950, the Chinese People's Liberation Army liberated Hainan Island.

The total wetland area of ??Hainan Island is 3,200 square kilometers, of which natural wetlands are 2,420 square kilometers, accounting for 75.63% of the total wetland area; artificial wetlands are 780 square kilometers, accounting for 24.37% of the total wetland area.

Hainan Island is low on all sides and high in the middle, with a dome mountain topography, with Wuzhi Mountain and Yingge Ridge as the core of the uplift, gradually descending towards the periphery, forming an annular layered landform of mountains, hills, terraces and plains. , the ladder structure is obvious.

The annual sunshine hours in Hainan Island are 1750 to 2550 hours, the annual average temperature is between 23-26 degrees Celsius, and there is no winter all year round. The whole island has abundant rainfall, with an average annual rainfall of more than 1,600 mm. It is more in the east and less in the west. The central and eastern parts are relatively humid, and the southwestern coast is relatively dry. The seasonal distribution of rainfall is uneven, with less rain in winter and spring and more rain in summer and autumn.

Hainan Provincial People's Government