Topography

Zhejiang mountains and hills accounted for 74.63%, flat land accounted for 20.32%, rivers and lakes accounted for 5.05%%, the arable land area of only 2,081,700 hectares, so there is a "seven mountains, one water and two fields" said.

Zhejiang terrain from southwest to northeast in a stepped incline, southwest of the mountainous terrain is dominated by the central hills are dominated by the northeast is a low level of alluvial plains. It can be roughly divided into six terrain areas, such as North Zhejiang Plain, West Zhejiang Hills, East Zhejiang Hills, Central Jinqu Basin, South Zhejiang Mountains, Southeast Coastal Plain and Coastal Islands.

The alluvial plains with dense water network in northern Zhejiang, the coastal hills in eastern Zhejiang, the mountainous areas in southern Zhejiang, and the island landscapes in Zhoushan City can be described as mountains, rivers, lakes and seas.

Southwest more than 1,000 meters of the mountains in the knot, which is located in the territory of Longquan Huangmaojian, 1,929 meters above sea level, the highest peak in Zhejiang Province. The terrain is dominated by hills, mountains and basins. The four major plains are Hangjiahu Plain (Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou), Ningshao Plain (Ningbo, Shaoxing), Jinli-Qu Plain (Jinhua, Lishui, Quzhou), and Wen-Tai Plain (Wenzhou, Taizhou).

Hydrology

There are more than 30 lakes with a volume of more than one million cubic meters, such as West Lake and Dongqian Lake, in Zhejiang, and the coastline (including islands) is more than 6,400 kilometers long. From north to south, there are eight major water systems, including Campsite Creek, Beijing-Hangzhou Canal (Zhejiang section), Qiantang River, Yongjiang River, Lingjiang River, Oujiang River, Feiyunjiang River and Aojiang River, with Qiantang River as the first major river, and the eight major rivers mentioned above, except for Campsite Creek and Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, all of them flow uniquely into the sea.

Expanded:

Zhejiang (浙江), abbreviated as "Zhejiang", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China. The provincial capital of Hangzhou, is located in the southeast coast of China, Zhejiang boundary in the longitude 118 ° 01 '-123 ° 10', latitude 27 ° 02 '-31 ° 11' between the East China Sea in the east, south of Fujian, the west and Anhui, Jiangxi connected to the north and Shanghai, Jiangsu border, Zhejiang Province, with a total area of 105,500 square kilometers.

The terrain of Zhejiang slopes from southwest to northeast, and the terrain is complex. Mountains from southwest to northeast into roughly parallel three branches. The land spans eight water systems, namely Qiantang River, Oujiang River, Lingjiang River, Campsis River, Yongjiang River, Feiyun River, Aojiang River and Cao'e River, and consists of plains, hills, basins, mountains and islands. Zhejiang Province is located in the middle of the subtropics and has a monsoon humid climate.

As of the end of 2017, Zhejiang Province has 11 provincial municipalities, 19 county-level cities, 32 counties, 1 autonomous county, and 37 municipal districts.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhejiang Province