In which direction does Lijiang belong to the southeast, northwest and northwest geographically?

Lijiang, a prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province, is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. It is an important passage for the ancient "Southern Silk Road" and the "Ancient Tea Horse Road". The urban center is located at 100°25' east longitude and 26°86' north latitude, with a total area of ??20,600 square kilometers. It is connected to Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to the north, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture to the south, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Sichuan Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture to the east. It borders Panzhihua City and is 527 kilometers away from Kunming City.

As of 2015, Lijiang City has 1 municipal district and 4 counties. At the end of 2016, the city's permanent population was 1.285 million. In 2016, the regional GDP was 31.01799 billion yuan, and the per capita GDP was 24,186 yuan.

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Lijiang’s geographical environment:

1. Topography

The terrain of Lijiang City is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The highest point, the main peak of Yulong Snow Mountain, is 5,596 meters above sea level. The lowest point, at the mouth of Tangba River in Shilongba Township, Huaping County, is 1,015 meters above sea level. The maximum height difference is 4,581 meters. To the west of Yulong Mountain is the alpine canyon sub-area cut by the Hengduan Mountains. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, the mountains are steep and straight, and the rivers cut deep into it.

2. Climate

Lijiang City has a low-latitude warm temperate plateau mountain monsoon climate. Due to the large altitude difference, the climate is distributed from the south subtropical zone to the alpine zone. The four seasons change little, the dry and wet seasons are distinct, the vertical difference in climate is obvious, there are many disastrous weather, the annual temperature difference is small and the day and night temperature difference is large, both of which are Maritime climate and continental climate characteristics.

3. Hydrology

The rivers in Lijiang City belong to two major river basins and three major water systems, namely the Jinsha River system and the Yalong River system in the Yangtze River basin, and the Heihui River in the Lancang River basin. water system. Among them, the Yangtze River Basin covers an area of ??20,799 square kilometers, accounting for 98% of the total area; the Lancang River Basin covers an area of ??420 square kilometers, accounting for 2% of the total area.

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