Gansu Province is located in the northwestern part of the map of China.

Gansu Province, referred to as Gan or Long, the capital city of Lanzhou, is located in the northwestern part of the map of China, the upper reaches of the Yellow River, between latitude 32 degrees to 42 degrees north, longitude 92 degrees to 108 degrees east, Gansu has a high topography, the terrain is dominated by mountains and plateaus, is an important section of the Silk Road and the military strongholds of the successive dynasties, Gansu is connected to Shaanxi in the east, the west reaches Xinjiang, and overlooking the Sichuan in the south, Qinghai, north of Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, the northwest end of the border with Mongolia.

Gansu is a province with a long history and rich cultural heritage. At the time of the Shang and Zhou, Zhou and Qin tribes have risen in the eastern part of today's Gansu and developed eastward, which has had a significant impact on the country's political life. Between Emperor Wu and Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, the counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, Dunhuang, Tianshui, Anding, Wudu, and Jincheng were successively established.

Topographic Profile of Gansu

Gansu has a long and narrow topography, with a length of about 1,600 kilometers longitudinally and horizontally. The long and narrow terrain is the result of the extrusion of the mountain ranges on both sides, thus creating a long corridor, because the Yellow River passes through the city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, thus dividing Gansu into two parts, the "East of the River" and the "West of the River". The famous "West of the River" is one of them. The famous "Hexi Corridor" is the longest and narrowest part of the map, located west of the Yellow River.

Gansu has a complex and varied landscape, with mountains, plateaus, plains, valleys, deserts, and the Gobi interspersed. Here from east to west you can enjoy the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River, but also feel the "desert smoke, the Yangtze River sunset round" of the ten thousand lofty feelings.

Geologically belongs to four tectonic units: Hongshishan fracture zone to the north of the part of the Tien Shan - Xingmeng orogenic belt; Hexi Corridor to the north of a line in Jingtai and the easternmost part of the Qingyang area is the North China Plateau; south of the Qilian orogenic belt; Zeku - the south of the Wushan rupture for the Qinling orogenic belt.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gansu Province