The Natural Resources of Tianshui Town

The mountainous area of the township accounts for more than 80% of the total area, belonging to the Qian Shan Mountains of Changbai Mountain. The whole mountain range is from north to south, high in the south and low in the north, with an altitude of more than 460 meters. There are three peaks in Liaodong, namely Daheishan, Baiyun Mountain and Motianling. Among them, Daheishan is the highest, with an altitude of1181.3m. ..

Tianshui Manchu Township has a continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Spring is warm, rainy and windy; Summer is hot, the highest temperature can reach 33℃, mostly warm and humid southeast wind; It is cool in autumn and windy in the northwest. Winter is mostly dry and cold north wind, with extreme low temperature of -32℃. Lunar month is the coldest weather, and the average annual freezing period is about 140 days.

The territory is long and narrow, and there is a big gap between the north and the south. Zhao Ji Village in the southwest corner of the southern tip of Daheishan is 25 kilometers away from the township government, with an altitude of 1 000 meters. It is the coldest alpine region in Liaoyang county, known as the sweet water south pole, and the season suitable for crop growth is only about 1 10 days. Rhododendron on the Great Black Mountain only blooms in late May every year, and its phenology is about 20 days later than that in the open area in the middle.

The territory of 37,000 mu of arable land, rich in forest resources, ranking first in the county. 90,000 mu of artificial forest and natural forest 1.6 million mu. Natural forests are mainly distributed in Daheishan in the south, Baiyun Mountain in the middle, Motianling and other major mountainous areas. Its main varieties are 10 varieties, such as elm, willow, poplar, locust tree, birch, linden, Daqu, oak and pine. The artificial forests mainly include Robinia pseudoacacia, Larix gmelinii, Poplar and Willow, which are planted in all villages.

The territory is rich in mineral resources and has a wide variety. The main varieties are iron, copper, lead, gold, phosphorus, silicon, iron sulfide and marble. Among them, the gold reserves are more than 7 tons, mainly distributed in Jizhaoshan, Yangmulinzi, Tawan, riverside, Gujiazi and other villages on both sides of the He Lan River Basin, as well as Yang Fen, Dahalagou and Xiaohalagou in Yangziling. According to historical records, there was mining in the Tang Dynasty. Lead ore is mainly distributed in Lanhualing in Wangou Village and Yangziling in Tawan Village. China's largest reserves are iron ore and phosphate rock, and iron ore is mainly distributed in Dahalagou, Chenjia, Waibao and He Yan Village in Sandaoling. Sandaoling-Chenjia Iron Mine has a reserve of over 7 million tons. Phosphate rock is mainly distributed in Xishuigou and Menqiangou of Tianshui. According to the investigation of Liaoning Provincial Department of Geology and Mineral Resources 1984, the reserve is more than 30 million tons, which is the largest in the north of the Yellow River in China. Marble mines are mainly distributed in Miaogou, Lijia, Longquan Temple and Wangjiapuzi. Uranium deposits are mainly distributed in Sandaoling and Chenjiacun. Copper mines are distributed in Martingale, riverside, Yaobao and other places, and silicon mines are distributed in riverside and Erdaolingzi.

There are more than 60 varieties of fruit trees 1 1 species in the township, mainly including pears, hawthorn, apricots, peaches, plums, cherries, walnuts, grapes, chestnuts, red dates and begonia. The annual output of fruit in the township is about 1 100 tons.

The territory is rich in wild medicinal resources, reaching more than 500 species, mainly distributed in Daheishan, Baiyun Mountain and Motianling. Commonly used medicinal materials include Ginseng Radix, Radix Astragali, Radix Platycodi, Asari, Radix Tetrandrae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Notopterygii Rhizoma, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Radix Gentianae, Polyporus, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Arnebiae, Ganoderma, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix Sanguisorbae, Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Polyporus, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Pulsatillae, Semen Crotalariae, Magnolia sieboldii, etc.