Yanji City is only 60 kilometers east of the Sino-Russian border and 80 kilometers straight from the Sea of Japan. Nanzhi is more than 0/0 kilometers away from the border between China and North Korea. The total area of Yanji City 1748.3 square kilometers. Yanji City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, and it is also the capital of the autonomous prefecture. It is located in the east of Jilin Province, in the middle of Yanbian Prefecture, at the northern foot of Changbai Mountain, and in the hinterland of Northeast Asian economic circle. It is a fulcrum on the Chinese side of the Great "Golden Triangle" of Tumen River drawn up by the United Nations.
Yanji is a central city in eastern Jilin Province, an excellent tourist city in China and a top 100 county in China. Yanji's scenic spots include Maoershan National Forest Park, Chengzi Mountain City Site and Chunxing Village, an ancient Korean village.
Topographic and climatic characteristics of Yanji city
Topography: Yanji City is surrounded by mountains in the east, south and north, with open west and flat middle, showing a horseshoe-shaped basin. Average elevation150m. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with hilly terrain. Rivers in the territory are tributaries of Tumen River, mainly Burhatong River, Yanji River and Hailan River. The soils in this area are mainly gray brown soil, paddy soil, alluvial soil, meadow soil and black soil.
Climate characteristics: Yanji City is located in a high-latitude mountain forest basin with continental climate characteristics. It is dry and windy in spring, warm and rainy in summer, cool and rainy in autumn, and long and cold in winter, belonging to the semi-humid climate zone in the middle temperate zone. The annual average temperature is 5.5℃, the annual frost-free period is 160 days, the annual average precipitation is 479.0 mm, the average sunshine is 2447.2 hours, and the freezing days are 164 days.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yanji City