Physical geography of Mutong Town

Mutong Town belongs to semi-hilly and semi-mountainous terrain, with high terrain in the east and low terrain in the west, with an average elevation of140m. The biggest river in town is Yaxi River.

Paulownia soil is mostly limestone and red soil, and artificially matured soil-paddy soil. The town has 25,950 mu of cultivated land, including 2 1.495 mu of paddy field, 4,455 mu of dry land, accounting for 18.8% of the town's total area, and forests 1.029, 1.47 mu, including 43,790 mu of oil-tea forest and 23000 economic forest. The area of villages, roads and houses is 18840 mu, accounting for11.3% of the total area; Other natural wasteland accounts for 4.5%.

Mu Tong's climate belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate, with sufficient light and heat and abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature is 18℃, and the annual average rainfall is 1548.4 ml, with the most rainfall in March-June and the least rainfall in September-65438+February. The frost-free period is about 235-260 days, from March to May every year. Due to frequent cold air activities, strong convective weather is prone to occur, and disastrous climate such as floods and heavy rains will occur in a few years.

There are many kinds of underground minerals such as coal, limestone, granite, marble, iron ore, dolomite and porcelain clay 10. Among them, coal and limestone resources are all over the town, with high tenor of ore and great mining value.