Xiantao, formerly known as mian yang, is located in the hinterland of Jianghan Plain in south-central Hubei Province, with an area of 2,538 square kilometers, a land span of11255'-1349' and a latitude of 30 04'-30 32'. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons.
Xiantao, close to Wuhan, a megacity in central China, has a unique geographical advantage, connecting north and south, and connecting east and west. Rivers and canals crisscross the territory, and highways extend in all directions. It is only 1 hour drive from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, Hankou Railway Station and Yangtze River Wuhan Port.
The Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway running through the north and south of China and the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway running through the east and west meet near Xiantao. The megacities from Xiantao to Guangzhou in the south, Beijing in the north, Shanghai in the east and Chengdu in the west are all within the radius of 1 0,000 km.
Xiantao is a scattered and mixed ethnic minority area, with Hui, Tujia, Mongolian, Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Gaoshan, Yao, Dong, Tu, Korean, Tibetan, Bai, Buyi and other 15 ethnic minorities.
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topography
Most of the geological structures in Xiantao City are Cenozoic Quaternary Holocene loose accumulation layers, and there are Quaternary late Pleistocene loose accumulation layers only in the south of Husha Lake. The city is an alluvial plain, with high northwest and low southeast, flat terrain and little fluctuation.
The northwest Zhengchang 85 platform is the highest point, with an altitude of 34.50 meters (Wusong base, the same below); The five lakes in the southeast corner are the lowest, with an altitude of 21.50m.. The whole terrain is inclined with a slope of about 1/7000. The plains and waters in the territory generally constitute a pattern of "eight places, half beach and half water". ?
climate
Xiantao City belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with mild climate, abundant rainfall and sunshine, four distinct seasons and a long frost-free period. The annual average sunshine hours are 2002.6 hours, the sunshine rate is about 46%, the annual average temperature is 16.3℃, and the frost-free period is generally 256 days.
The average climate temperature below 10℃ is divided into winter, above 22℃ is divided into summer, and between 10-22℃ is divided into spring and autumn.
The starting and ending time of each season is from mid-March to mid-May in spring (about 70 days), from late May to mid-September in summer (about 120 days), from late September to165438+1mid-October in autumn (about 65 days), and the early March of the following year is winter (about 65 days)
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