Jingzhou, formerly known as Jiangling and Du Ying, lies between north latitude115'-11405' and 29 26'-3130'. By April 2022, Jingzhou * * * had jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 2 counties and 4 county-level cities, with a total area of 1.4 1.000 square kilometers.
Jingzhou is the central city in south-central Hubei and one of the transportation hubs in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River approved by the State Council. It is also an excellent tourist city, a national garden city, a national health city, a national forest city, a national double-support model city, a national regional circulation node city, an important highway transportation hub and an important port city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China. Jingzhou is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities, and it is a riverside city with both ancient culture and modern civilization.
Geomorphology of Jingzhou
Jingzhou, located in the middle of Yangtze paraplatform, belongs to the second subsidence zone of Late Xinhua and Summer, the third western margin of China terrane, and is the main body of Jianghan Plain. The city's topography is high in the west and low in the east, with a gradual transition from low mountains to hills and plains.
The city's low mountain area 120 square kilometers, accounting for 0.8% of the total land area; The hilly area is about 250 square kilometers, accounting for1.8% of the total land area; The land area is 2626 square kilometers, accounting for18.6% of the total land area; Plain area 1 1096 square kilometers, accounting for 78.8% of the total land area. It has formed a basic landform dominated by plains and hills, with a small number of hills and low mountains.
The hills are distributed in Qinghe Temple and Liu Jiachang in Songzi City in the west, and Baling Mountain in Jingzhou District in the northwest. The highest point is Daling Mountain in Songzi City, with an altitude of 8 15. 1 meter. Gangdi is located in Chuandian, Mashan and Jin 'an in Jingzhou District, Meng Xi and Gong Zheng in Gongan County, Tuanshan and Gaoji Temple in Shishou City. The eastern part is low-lying, with the lowest point in Taosha Lake, Xintan Township, honghu city, with an altitude of only 18m.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingzhou City.