The landscape is characterized by beautiful mountain shapes, blue stones, set off by the blue currents unique to the limestone area, as well as natural caves and underground water systems of various shapes.

The water is like a green belt, and the mountains are like jade hairpins.

Han Yu's poems show that the mountains and water in Guilin complement each other.

The mountains in Guilin are generally single peaks, all standing one after another, and few of them are continuous.

Because Guilin is a karst landform, the main component of the rocks is limestone, and there are generally plants on the mountains. Guilin has a subtropical monsoon climate, and the vegetation is evergreen with hard leaves. The osmanthus tree is one of them, so the mountains are evergreen all year round.

Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world. Guilin has enjoyed the reputation of "Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world" since ancient times. Its landscapes are represented by the scenery of the Li River and the karst landforms.

Geographical Conditions Guilin City is located in the southwest of the Nanling Mountains, with an average altitude of 150 meters and a typical karst landform.

The karst peak forest landform is an important tourism resource in Guilin.

Guilin is a world-famous scenic tourist city and a famous historical and cultural city. It is located in the southwest of the Nanling Mountains and the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Climatic conditions Guilin is located at low latitudes and has a mid-subtropical monsoon climate.

The climate in Guilin is mild, with abundant rainfall, a long frost-free period, sufficient sunlight, and abundant heat. Guilin has long summers and short winters, and the shortest landscape in the world. It has four distinct seasons with rain and heat basically in the same season. The climate conditions are very superior.

The average annual temperature is 18.9℃.

August is the hottest month, with an average monthly temperature of 23°C, and January is the coldest, with an average monthly temperature of 15.6°C.

The average annual frost-free period is 309 days, and the average annual rainfall is 1949.5 mm.

The average evaporation volume is 1490~1905 mm.

The annual average relative humidity is 73 to 79%.

The wind direction throughout the year is mainly northerly, with an average wind speed of 2.2 to 2.7 meters/second.

The average annual sunshine hours are 1670 hours.

The average air pressure is 994.9 hPa.

Soil conditions Guilin is located in the southwest of the Nanling Mountains and belongs to the red soil belt, dominated by red soil.

The pH is 4.5~6.5.

According to the parent material of soil formation, it can be divided into 5 soil types, including red loam soil, lime soil, purple soil, impact soil, and paddy soil, 14 subcategories, 36 soil genera, and 89 varieties.

The river's alluvial parent material is sandy loam and paddy soil. The soil layer is deep and has good farming properties. It is a high-yielding area for rice and vegetables.

Medium-colored lime soil and black lime soil are suitable for dryland crops and forestry production.

Animal and plant resources Animal resources: Guilin has a wide variety of animals, with 1,593 species belonging to 60 orders and 295 families.

There are more than 400 species of terrestrial vertebrates, including clouded leopards, yellow-bellied civets, pangolins, civets, etc.; there are 144 species of aquatic species, including precious salamanders, eels, etc.

Plant resources: There are more than 1,000 kinds of higher plants in the city, including precious tree species such as silver fir and ginkgo. The natural vegetation is mainly masson pine, and the urban area is dominated by osmanthus trees. Osmanthus is the city flower of Guilin.

The forestry industry produces fir and moso bamboo. The city's forest area is 1.2156 million hectares, and the forest reserve is 37.7442 million cubic meters. It can provide more than 400,000 cubic meters of wood and more than 16 million moso bamboo roots every year.

Mineral Resources Guilin is rich in mineral resources. The main minerals include hematite, pyrite, limonite, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten, aluminum, niobium, tantalum, manganese, talc, barite, fluorite, and granite.

There are more than 40 kinds of minerals such as stone, limestone and marble, among which more than 30 kinds have proven reserves. Among the 36 kinds of minerals in Guangxi, Guilin accounts for 17 kinds. Among them, marble, granite, limestone and talc are widely distributed.

, large reserves, excellent quality, easy to mine, and broad prospects.

Water Conservancy Resources Guilin is densely covered with rivers, including 5 rivers: Lijiang River, Xiangjiang River, Luoqing River, Xunjiang River, and Zijiang River, and 65 tributaries with a rainwater collection area of ??more than 100 square kilometers. The city's multi-year average total water volume is 40.381 billion cubic meters.

The river has a large height difference and is rich in water conservancy resources. The theoretical water energy reserve is about 2.7 million kilowatts, and the exploitable capacity is 1.07 million kilowatts. The development potential is huge. Asia's first over-1,000-meter high water head power station - Quanzhou Tianhu Hydropower Station has been built.

Approval of hydropower stations.

Guilin has many famous local products. Shatian pomelo fruit is famous both at home and abroad for its beautiful shape and fragrant flesh. Summer orange is of excellent quality, fresh in color and delicious, and matures early, so it is very popular. Luo Han Guo is "a good medicine for medical health and a good refreshing drink."

, known as the "Oriental Miracle Fruit"; ginkgo has a large output, accounting for one-third of the country's total, and its quality ranks first in the country; persimmons are golden in color and have sweet meat, and are popular in Macao, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia; Lipu taro and Guilin Ming

The ancient buildings of the Qing Dynasty are famous for their fragrance and are famous in the capital; Sanhua wine, chili sauce, and fermented bean curd are known as the "Three Treasures of Guilin"; Guilin rice noodles have fragrant ingredients and delicious taste, especially the horse meat rice noodles that are marketed in winter are the most praised; in addition, there are

Famous local specialties such as water chestnuts, lotus fish, and beancurd sticks.

Comprehensive Environmental Quality The urban environmental quality has ranked first in the comprehensive evaluation of 46 key cities across the country for five consecutive years. The city’s forest coverage rate is 66.5%. The urban ambient air quality has reached or exceeded the national secondary standard, making it the best air quality in the country.

inland cities.

The air quality rate, drinking water source water quality compliance rate, and urban water functional area water quality compliance rate have always maintained 100%. The harmless treatment rate of garbage has also maintained 100% in recent years, and the sewage treatment rate ranks among the best in the country.

Guilin ranks 15th in the quality of life rankings among Chinese cities.