What are the climatic characteristics of Shanxi Province?

Shanxi Province is located in the hinterland of mid-latitude zone, and belongs to temperate continental monsoon climate in climate type. Due to the influence of solar radiation, monsoon circulation and geographical factors, Shanxi's climate has the characteristics of distinct seasons, synchronous rain and heat, abundant sunshine, significant difference between north and south climate, large temperature difference between winter and summer, and large temperature difference between day and night.

The average annual temperature in Shanxi Province is between 4.2- 14.2℃, and the overall distribution trend is from north to south, from basin to mountainous area. The annual precipitation in all parts of the province is between 358-62 1mm, with uneven seasonal distribution. The precipitation from June to August in summer is relatively concentrated, accounting for about 60% of the annual precipitation, and the distribution of precipitation in the whole province is greatly influenced by topography.

Extended data:

Shanxi Province is located in the east wing of the Loess Plateau in the west of North China. The landform as a whole is a mountainous plateau covered by loess, and the overall outline is slightly parallelogram from northeast to southwest. The landform types are complex and diverse, including mountains, hills, plateaus, basins and platforms, of which mountains and hills account for 80% and plateaus, basins and platforms account for 20%.

Shanxi province is the watershed of the Yellow River and Haihe River. The Yellow River basin in Shanxi Province covers an area of 97 138 square kilometers, accounting for 62.2% of the province's area, and the Haihe River basin covers an area of 59 133 square kilometers, accounting for 37.8% of the province's area. In addition to the 965-kilometer-long main stream of the Yellow River on the west and south sides of the provincial boundary, there are five major rivers in the province with a basin area of 1 10,000 square kilometers, namely Fenhe River and Qinhe River in the Yellow River Basin, Sanggan River, Zhanghe River and Hutuo River in the Haihe River Basin.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Shanxi province