Where is Meizhou?

Meizhou is located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, at the junction of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces, bordering Wuping, Shanghang, Yongding and Pinghe counties in Fujian Province in the northeast, Xunwu and Huichang counties in Jiangxi Province in the west and northwest, Longchuan, Zijin and Dongyuan counties in Heyuan City, and Jiedong, Jiexi, Xiangqiao District, Luhe County in Shanwei City and Raoping County in Chaozhou City in the southeast. The geographical coordinates of the whole territory are located at east longitude 1 15. 18' to 1 16. 23 degrees 56 minutes north latitude. 23 feet to 24 feet. 56', the city's total area 15899.62 square kilometers.

The city governs six counties and 1 districts in Meijiang District, Meixian County, Pingyuan County, Jiaoling County, dapu county County, Fengshun County and Wuhua County, and also manages xingning city. The municipal government is located in Xinzhong Road, Jiangnan, Meijiang District. Meizhou Expressway is 384 kilometers away from Guangzhou and 345 kilometers away from Shenzhen. Meizhou Highway is 434 kilometers away from Guangzhou, 398 kilometers away from Shenzhen and 0/9/0/km away from Shantou. There are flights from civil aviation to Guangzhou, and the air distance is 3 16 km.

Geology, topography and geomorphology

The geological structure of Meizhou city is quite complex, mainly composed of granite, extrusive rock, metamorphic rock, sandstone shale, red rock and limestone, which constitute five geomorphic types: platform, hill, mountain, terrace and plain. The mountainous area of the city accounts for 24.3%; The area of hills, terraces and terraces accounts for 56.6%; The plain area only accounts for about 13.7%; Rivers, reservoirs and other water areas account for 5.4%.

The mountain city is located at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain, with high terrain in the north and low terrain in the south. The mountain system is mainly composed of Wuyishan Mountain, Lianhua Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain. The main peak in the city is Tonggu Peak, with an altitude of1560m; Xiangshan Zan, altitude1530m; Phoenix Mountain, elevation1497m; Silver dome, elevation1357m; Seven eyes are1318m; Wu Zhifeng, Yin Na1297m; Yu Mingshan1357m; Hongtuyu1277m; Xiyan Mountain1230m; Huang You pen 1 150m.

The main basin in the basin is Xingning Basin, with an area of 302 square kilometers. Meijiang basin, with an area of 1 10 km2; Jiaoling basin, with an area of 100 km2; Tangkeng basin area 100 km2.

Hanjiang River is the main river in China, with a total length of 470km (343km2 in Meizhou) and a drainage area of 30112km2 (Meizhou 1469 1 km2). Meijiang, with a total length of 307km (27 1 km in Meizhou) and a drainage area of 1406 1 km2 (10888km2 in Meizhou); Tingjiang River, with a total length of 323km (55km in Meizhou) and a drainage area of11802km2 (Meizhou1333km2); There are also Qinjiang River, Wuhua River, Ningjiang River, Chengjiang River, Grottoes River, Gemeitan River, Song Yuan River and Fengliang River. In addition, Dongjiang River flows along the border of xingning city in the northwest of the city, with a total length of 24.8 kilometers and a drainage area of 260 square kilometers, which is in Meizhou.

Climate Meizhou belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, which is the transition zone between the southern subtropical zone and the central Asian tropical climate zone. It is divided by Meisongkou, Chayangjing, dapu county, Jiaocheng, Jiaoling County, Zheng Shi and Gangbei, Pingyuan County, and the northern part of Pingyuan, Jiaoling and Meixian County is a tropical climate zone in Central Asia, while Wuhua, Xingning, Taiping Yuan, Jiaoling and Meixian in Tai Po are subtropical zones.

In 2006, the annual average temperature in each county (city) was 2 1.3-22.8℃, the highest temperature was in July, and the monthly average temperature was 28.4-29.2℃. The lowest temperature is 5438+ 10 in June. Except for abundant weather, the average monthly temperature in other counties (cities) is between-13.2- 14.3℃. The extreme maximum temperature in 2006 was 38. 1℃, which was measured by Tai Po Meteorological Station on July 2 1. The extreme minimum temperature is -0.4℃, which was measured by Tai Po Meteorological Station at 654381October 8.

The sunshine hours in 2006 were1488.7-1811.9 hours.

The rainy days with annual ≥ 0. 1mm are 147- 152, with little difference among counties. The annual rainfall1719.4-2430.1mm is more than normal in all counties except Jiaoling. Among them, 1-30% in Pingyuan, Fengshun, Tai Po and Meixian, and 4-60% in Xingning and Wuhua.

Meizhou is located at low latitude, close to the South China Sea, and influenced by the specific topography of the Pacific Ocean and mountainous areas, it has formed a climate with long summer, short winter, high temperature, disparity between cold and hot, abundant sunshine, blocked airflow and abundant and concentrated rain, which is conducive to the development of three-dimensional ecological agriculture and the production of various commodities. However, the drought, rainstorm, strong convective weather and freezing damage caused by it have become the main disastrous weather affecting Meizhou City.

natural resource

Mineral resources Meizhou City has found 54 kinds of minerals, 40 kinds of minerals have been mined and 274 mining areas. Metals include iron, manganese, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, tin, bismuth, molybdenum, silver, antimony, vanadium, titanium, cobalt and rare earth oxides, while nonmetals include coal, limestone, porcelain clay, gypsum, marble and potash feldspar.

Water resources Meizhou city is rich in water resources. The average annual rainfall in China is 251600,000 cubic meters, the average annual runoff12.87 million cubic meters, and the transit passenger flow1270,000 cubic meters. The city's per capita water resources are 2579 cubic meters. The theoretical reserves of hydraulic resources in China are 13 13700 kw. Underground hot water is rich in resources, with high water temperature, good water quality and large flow. Such as Fengshun Tangkeng Dengwu Hot Spring, the water temperature is 82-9 1℃, and the flow rate reaches 4459 liters/second.

There are many kinds of animals and plants in Meizhou, including more than 200 species of major mammals and birds, and more than 0/00 species of amphibians and reptiles.

There are more than 2,000 species of higher plants in China, of which 1, 82 families, 598 genera and 1, 084 species have been collected and recorded. Among them, pteridophytes belong to 19 families, 29 genera and 4 1 species. Fruit plants belong to 7 families 1 1 genus 14 species; Dicotyledonous plants belong to 134 family, 47 1 genus, with 908 species; There are 22 families, 87 genera 12 1 species of monocotyledons. According to the classification of tree species, there are useful wood plants, medicinal plants, oil plants, aromatic plants, fiber plants, starch plants, fruit plants, honey plants, tanning plants, and wild plants belonging to flowers, ornamental plants and landscaping.