Dandong, a prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province, is located in the southeast of Liaoning Province, facing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the river in the east, the Yellow Sea in the south, Anshan in the west, Dalian in the southwest and Benxi in the north. Geographical coordinates are123 22' to125 42' in east longitude and 39 43' to 4109' in north latitude. The maximum transverse distance from east to west 196 km, the maximum longitudinal distance from north to south 160 km, the coastline length 126 km, the total area 15222 km2 and the population of 2,444,700.

It has jurisdiction over 3 municipal districts, 1 autonomous county and 2 county-level cities. Dandong is the starting point of the northern end of China's coastline, located in the center of Northeast Asia, an important intersection of the Northeast Asian economic circle and the economic circles around Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, and a city along the river, coast and border with industry, commerce, port, logistics and tourism as the main body.

Introduction of natural resources in Dandong;

1, water resources

Dandong is rich in water resources. According to the results of the second water resources evaluation, the average total water resources in the city for many years is 8.594 billion cubic meters, accounting for 1/4 of the total in the province. Among them, the surface water resources are 8.443 billion cubic meters, and the groundwater resources are1670 million cubic meters (double counting15.1900 million cubic meters). The city's per capita water resources are 3,537 cubic meters, which is 1.6 times of the national average and 4.3 times of the province's per capita water resources. The per mu water resources are 2,746 cubic meters, which is 1.4 times of the national average.

2. Plant resources

There are 249 families 184 1 species of plants in Dandong city. National key protected plants 13 species, such as ginseng, sea cucumber, wild soybean, etc. Among them, 362 species belong to 56 families 14 1 genus; Lichen plants belonging to 20 families and 32 genera 158 species; 59 families 144 genera and 265 species of bryophytes; Vascular plants 1 14 families 1056 species. Among vascular plants, there are 64 species of pteridophytes belonging to 20 families and 3 1 genus; Gymnosperms belong to 4 families and 8 genera 17 species; There are 975 species of angiosperms belonging to 403 genera and 90 families.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dandong