Which is bigger, Yancheng or Xuzhou?

The land area of Yancheng is larger than that of Xuzhou. The total land area of Yancheng is 1693 1 km2, and the total land area of Xuzhou is 1 1258 km2.

Yancheng is located between 32 34 ′ ~ 34 28 ′ north latitude and119 27 ′ ~120 54 ′ east longitude. It borders the Yellow Sea in the east, Nantong and Taizhou in the south, Huai 'an and Yangzhou in the west, and Lianyungang across the Guanhe River in the north. Among them, the coastal beach area is 455,300 hectares, accounting for 75% of the coastal beach area in Jiangsu Province. The coastline is 582 kilometers long, accounting for 56% of the total length of the coastline in Jiangsu Province. The south coast of Sheyang estuary also extends to the sea at the rate of 10 square kilometers per year.

Xuzhou is located in the southeast of North China Plain, with the north latitude of116 22 ′ ~18 40 ′ and 33 43 ′ ~ 34 58 ′. The east-west length is about 2 10 km, and the north-south width is about 140 km. The terrain of Xuzhou is mainly plain, which accounts for about 90% of the city's area. The overall topography of the plain decreases from northwest to southeast, with an average slope of 1/7000- 1/8000, and an altitude of 30-50 meters. There are some hills and mountains in the middle and east of Xuzhou. The elevation of hills is generally around 100-200m, and the hilly area accounts for about 9.4% of the whole city.

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Hydrological situation:

Yancheng 1

Yancheng river has many ditches and dense water networks. There are 12 large rivers over 50 kilometers, and there are many lakes, swings and ponds. Rivers are mainly the Huaihe River system. The coastline of the territory is long, starting from Xingangmen, which borders Nantong, to Guanhekou, which borders Lianyungang, in the north. Radial sand ridges, also known as radial sand ridges, are distributed in the coastal periphery from the south of Sheyang estuary to Lvsigang, Qidong County, Nantong City.

Its scope is 200 kilometers from north to south and about 90 kilometers from east to west. Although it is beyond the scope of the city, the main part is in the city. Yancheng sea area is located in the middle of Jiangsu coast, with a total coastline of 582 kilometers, accounting for 56% of Jiangsu province, and a deep-water coastline of 70 kilometers. The sea area is 18900 square kilometers, of which the internal water area is 12 1000 square kilometers and the territorial sea area is 6753 square kilometers.

2. Xuzhou

Xuzhou is located in the lower reaches of the three major rivers of Iraq, Shu and Si, a tributary of the ancient Huaihe River. Taking the old course of the Yellow River as a watershed, it forms Iraq, Shu and Si in the north and Sui and An in the south. Rivers crisscross, and lakes, swamps and reservoirs are all over the country. The abandoned Yellow River runs through the east and west, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south, with Yishui, Shushu waters and Roman Lake in the east and Xia Xing, Dasha River and Weishan Lake in the west.

Xuzhou has 2 large reservoirs, 5 medium reservoirs and 84 small reservoirs, with a total storage capacity of 33.65438 billion cubic meters. There are many water conservancy facilities such as bridges, culverts, canals and gates, and a water network system with multi-functions such as flood control, irrigation, shipping and aquatic products has been initially formed.

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