The special geographical location of Leibo navel orange determines the high quality of Leibo navel orange.

Leibo navel orange is produced in the Jinsha River valley below 1 1,000 meters above sea level within the administrative area of Leibo County. Its geographical coordinates are 65,438+00323' ~ 65,438+00352' east longitude and 27' north latitude. The climate in this area is dry and hot, with an annual average temperature of 18.4℃, and the highest temperature is Leng Yue (65438+). The extreme maximum temperature is 38.8℃ and the extreme minimum temperature is -4.6℃. The frost-free period is more than 33 1 day, the annual sunshine 1 260 hours, the annual rainfall is 677mm, and the average air relative humidity is about 65%. It has unique climatic resources such as drought in winter and spring, rapid temperature rise in spring, abundant sunshine, high effective accumulated temperature, the same season of rain and heat (concentrated in May-65438+10), low air relative humidity, large temperature difference between day and night, and no special disastrous weather. In addition, the main soil-forming parent materials in this area are weathered materials such as basalt, sand shale and tuff, and soils formed by river alluvium and flood, mainly red soil, purple soil and New alluvial soil. The PH value is 6 ~ 8.2. The soil is sandy, loose and thick, permeable and breathable, with low groundwater level and rich in mineral nutrients, especially phosphorus.