Geographical overview of Zhanggou Town

Zhanggou Town is located in central Hubei, in the south of the Jianghan Plain and on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Han River. It borders Hanyang to the east, Qianjiang River to the west, Dongjing River to the south, facing Honghu Lake and Jianli, and pillowed on the Han River to the north by Tongtianmen and Hanchuan-Yidaishui. The municipality is 82 kilometers away from Wuhan, the provincial capital. The maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 78 kilometers, and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 35 kilometers. It is shaped like a flying butterfly, with a total area of ??2,520 square kilometers, accounting for 1.35% of the total area of ??the province.

The city is an alluvial plain, high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The terrain is flat with little fluctuation. The eight-house terrace in Zhengchang in the northwest is the highest point, with an altitude of 34.50 meters (Wusong base level, the same below); the five lakes in the southeast corner are the lowest point, with an altitude of 21.50 meters. The entire terrain has a slope of approximately 1/7000. The plains and waters within the territory roughly form a pattern of "eight lands, half beach and half water".

Zhanggou Town belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, and a mild climate. However, droughts, floods, cold waves, strong winds, hail and other disastrous weather occur from time to time. Light energy resources are relatively abundant, with an average annual sunshine duration of 1934.8 hours, an average of 5-6 hours per day, and a sunshine rate of 46%, which basically meets the needs of crops. The annual average temperature is 16.5℃, and the temperature changes drastically in spring and autumn. January is generally the coldest month. The extreme minimum temperature is -14.2℃ (1977.1.30); July is the hottest month with an extreme maximum temperature of 39.3℃ (2003.8.2). The frost-free period is 258 days.