Changde is Hunan Province. Changde, known as Wuling and Langzhou in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. Located in the south-central part of China, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the northwest of Hunan Province. Dongting in the east, Guizhou and Chongqing in the west, Changsha in Nantong and Jingxiang in the north. 1988 1 month, the State Council approved the cancellation of Changde area and the establishment of Changde city under the provincial jurisdiction.

Changde city is inclined from west to east, with various landform types, and belongs to a humid monsoon climate zone with transition from middle subtropical zone to north subtropical zone, with obvious continental and monsoon climate characteristics.

Location context

Changde, located in the northwest of Hunan Province, is a famous "land of plenty" in the south of the Yangtze River, located in the Dongting Lake water system in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the lower reaches of the Yuanjiang River and the middle and lower reaches of the Lishui River, and the northeast ends of Wuling Mountain and Xuefeng Mountain. Changde City is east of Dongting Lake, which is interlaced with Nanxian County of Yiyang City and the lake branch of Yuanjiang City. Relying on the mountainous area of western Hunan in the west, it is in line with the Wuling Mountains winding in Cili County of Zhangjiajie City, yongding county City and Yuanling County of Huaihua City. The mountains in the west of Hubei and Jianghan Plain in the north are connected with the mountains in Hefeng County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province and Wufeng County, Yichang City, and the plains in Songzi City, Gongan County and Shishou City, Jingzhou City. Reaching Zishui Valley in the south, Wuyun Mountain Range is the watershed between Changde City and Ziyang District, Taojiang County and Anhua County of Yiyang City.

Wuling mountain system is subordinate to the northwest of Changde city, mostly in middle and low mountainous areas; Red rock hilly areas are common in central China; There are also landforms in the meantime. Changde landform is generally composed of "three hills, two and a half mountains, four and a half plains and water surface"

Xuefeng mountain

Different natural landscapes in the east and west of Hunan Province and the watershed between Yuanjiang and Zishui. Located in the west of the central part of the province, the southern turning zone of the second-class terrain ladder in China, the eastern slope of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau transits to the eastern side of Jiangnan hills; It is a unique geographical unit. Xuefeng Mountain belongs to the southwest section of the "primitive Jiangnan ancient land" and presents an arc structure protruding northwest.