Shan County is a city in Shandong Province.

Shan County, affiliated to Heze City, Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, at the junction of eight counties in four provinces, Shandong, Henan and Anhui. It was named because Shanjuan, the master of Emperor Shun, lived here. It was the hometown of Lu Pheasant, Empress of Han Dynasty. The total area is 1,702 square kilometers and the total population is 1.06 million. Shan County is known as the hometown of Chinese martial arts, the hometown of Chinese couplets, and the hometown of longevity in China.

Shan County is a thousand-year-old county with many historical sites and rich tourism resources. Shan County is known as the Archway City and has the Archway Ancient City Scenic Area. The archways in Shanxian County are all Jiexiaofang, with an all-stone structure, four pillars and three bays. They are exquisitely constructed and majestic, with exquisite carvings on the four pillars and forehead arches. Among them, Baishifang and Baishoufang are the most famous, with their majestic momentum and ingenious structure. They are well-known at home and abroad and are called the best in the world.

Introduction to the geographical environment of Shan County:

1. Topography and landforms

Shan County belongs to the alluvial plain of the Yellow River, and the county borders the old course of the Yellow River in the south. Historically, due to the influence of flooding and alluviation from the Yellow River breach, six micro-landform types were formed: rivers, beaches, hills, slopes, and depressions. The terrain of the county is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. The highest point is 59 meters above sea level and the lowest point is 39.5 meters above sea level. The southern edge of the county is the bottom of the old course of the Yellow River, and the terrain is low-lying. In flood years, strip-like or cow-hoof-shaped swamps of varying lengths are often formed, with a total area of ??24.5 square kilometers.

2. Climate characteristics

Shan County has a warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate, with sufficient sunlight, abundant heat, moderate rainfall, and four distinct seasons, with dry and cold winters, scarce rain and snow, and spring The climate characteristics are dry and windy, hot and humid in summer, cool in autumn, and prone to drought in late autumn. The annual average temperature is 13.9℃. The average temperature in January is -0.9℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is -15.3℃; the average temperature in July is 27.8℃, and the extreme maximum temperature is 36.8℃.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shan County