Huizhou physical geography

Huizhou City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province with low latitude, and the Tropic of Cancer runs through Huizhou City. With abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine and mild climate, it belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone. The annual precipitation is 2200mm, and the annual average temperature is 22 degrees. There is more rainfall in July and August in Huizhou, and the weather is sunny in September and June, 65438+ 10. Huizhou has a land area of1.1.2000 square kilometers, accounting for a quarter of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone.

Dongjiang River and its tributary Xizhijiang River, one of the three major water systems in Guangdong, cross the territory, and the reservoir capacity exceeds/kloc-0.6 billion cubic meters, which is the main water source in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. There are various types of land, including cultivated land, woodland, grassland, water surface and tidal flat, which is conducive to the all-round development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and by-fishing. Hydraulic resources are also quite rich. There are 34 rivers with rainfall collection area exceeding 100 square kilometers, with a total length of about 1500 kilometers. Dongjiang River and Xizhijiang River, one of the three major water systems in Guangdong, cross it. The amount of shallow groundwater is 3.3 billion cubic meters, and the water quality is generally good. It is an important water source in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The theoretical reserve of hydraulic resources is 603,200 kilowatts, with great development potential. There are shallow seas in the sea area of 560.4 square kilometers, and the area available for development and breeding is 137.33 square kilometers. There are more than 400 species of fish, more than 200 species of shellfish, more than 0/00 species of Class A/KLOC, more than 60 species of echinoderms and more than 30 species of algae in this sea area, which has great economic and fishing value. The coastline suitable for harbor wharf construction is 28.4 kilometers long, and there can be berths 126, including 76 deep-water berths above 10,000 tons. Huizhou Port is a natural and excellent deep-water port in the south of China.

There are more than 40 kinds of minerals with proven reserves, mainly anthracite, iron ore, tin ore, tungsten ore, potash feldspar, kaolin, lead and zinc, firefly stone and limestone. Tantalum, niobium, limestone, crystal, mercury and other mineral reserves rank among the top in Guangdong Province.

Huizhou is rich in forest resources, with a forest coverage rate of 60.4% at the end of 201/kloc-0.