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Is Hong Kong as big as a county?

Hong Kong is a county town with a total area of 1 100 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a county town. The three major areas of Hong Kong are about 865,438+0 square kilometers on Hong Kong Island; Kowloon Peninsula is about 47 square kilometers; The New Territories and 262 outlying islands are about 976 square kilometers.

The topography of Hong Kong is dominated by hills, and the highest point is Tai Mo Shan, which is 958 meters above sea level. Hong Kong has little flat land, and about 20% of the land belongs to lowlands, mainly concentrated in the northern New Territories, namely Yuen Long Plain and Fanling Lowland, which are alluvial plains naturally formed by rivers.

Brief introduction of other situations in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong has a subtropical climate, with the temperature dropping below 10 degrees Celsius in winter and rising above 3 10 degrees Celsius in summer. Autumn weather in Hong Kong is sunny, warm and dry. Winter weather is slightly cold and dry; The weather is warm and humid in spring; Summer is hot and rainy.

But the water system is limited and there are no big rivers. Besides Shenzhen River, which is the boundary river between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, there are mainly Chengmen River, Wutong River, Lincun River, Yuen Long River and Jintian River. Most rivers are less than 5 miles in length, and the velocity and discharge are closely related to seasonal rainfall.