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What is the geographical location of Suzhou?

Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, bordering Shanghai in the east, Jiaxing in the south, Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north.

Suzhou has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. Suzhou is low and flat, with plains accounting for 55% of the total area. Rice, wheat and rape are planted to produce cotton, sericulture and fruit. Specialty products include Biluochun tea, Yangtze saury, Taihu whitebait and Yangcheng Lake hairy crab.

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The ancient city of Suzhou is criss-crossed with rivers and harbors and densely covered with lakes. The most famous lakes are Taihu Lake and Caohu Lake in the west corner. There are Dianshan Lake and Hucheng Lake in the east; There is Kuncheng Lake in the north; Among them are Yangcheng Lake, Jinji Lake and Dushu Lake; The Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal run through the northern part of the city.

The water from Taihu Lake flows into the river northward, eastward and then into the river through Huangpu River. The water in the canal flows into Wang Ting from the west and flows out of Shengze from the south. The "three rivers" that once went out to sea are now discharged into the river from the east of Huangpu River, thus forming three major water systems in Suzhou.

Suzhou is also known as water capital, water city and water town because of its criss-crossing rivers. /kloc-The Travels of Marco Polo in the 3rd century praised Suzhou as Venice of the East. Suzhou ancient city was praised as "magic" by Montesquieu, a French enlightenment thinker.

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