Huangshan sea of clouds

Location context

Huangshan City is located in the southernmost tip of Anhui Province, bordering Fuliang County and Wuyuan County of Shangrao City in the southwest, Kaihua County of Quzhou City, Chun'an County and Lin'an District of Hangzhou City in the southeast, Jixi County, Jingde County and Jingxian County of Xuancheng City in Anhui Province in the northeast, Qingyang County, Shitai County and Dongzhi County in Chizhou City in the northwest. It is between 117 ° 02 '- 118 ° 55' e and 29 ° 24-30 ° 24 'n. The total area is 9807 square kilometers.

topographic features

Huangshan City is located in the mountainous area of Southern Anhui Province. It is located in the northern edge of the central subtropical zone, evergreen broad-leaved forest, red soil and yellow soil. It is mainly mountainous area, and it is a mountainous area with "eight mountains, one water and one field". There are mountains, valleys, basins and plains. Tianmu Mountain and Huangshan mountain range are Anhui Province, and they are also the natural boundary between Huizhou and Zhejiang and Jiangxi Province.

Climatic characteristics

Huangshan City is a subtropical monsoon humid climate zone. Its main characteristics are four distinct seasons, short spring and autumn, long summer and winter, abundant heat, abundant rainfall, low sunshine hours and percentage, high humidity, summer flood and autumn drought, which have a great impact on agriculture.

The annual average temperature is 15.5-16.4 ℃, and the annual average temperature is 15-16 ℃. There is no severe cold in winter in most areas, and the frost free period is 236 days. The average annual precipitation is 1670 mm and the highest is 2708 mm. Most of the precipitation is from May to August. [6]

Stream hydrology

Xin'an River is the main river in Huangshan City, belonging to Qiantang River system. It originates from the north side of wugujian (1618 meters above sea level) in Fengcun village of Xiuning city. Its upper source flows through Qimen County, and after it enters Xiuning, it is called Zhishui river. After Tunxi naheng River, it is called Jianjiang River. It flows to Zhujia village in the south of Shexian City, and Lianjiang River comes to join it. The Xinanjiang River flows eastward to JIEKOU,

and then goes straight to Zhejiang Province. The main stream flows from Shexian county to JIEKOU, about 44 kilometers long, and its catchment area is 5944 square kilometers. In addition to Xin'an River, there are also Qingyi River which originates from the north slope of Huangshan Mountain, flows into the Yangtze River in the north, originates from the Changjiang River in the west section of the south slope of Huangshan Mountain, and flows into Poyang Lake in the south, all of which belong to the Yangtze River system.

Soil type

Most of the middle and low mountain areas in Huangshan City are yellow soil, mountain yellow brown soil, thick soil layer, high gravel content, good water permeability and permeability, high fertility, which is conducive to the growth of wood, tea, mulberry and medicinal materials. The hilly areas are mostly red soil and purple soil with heavy texture, acid and poor fertility, but the light and heat conditions are good, which are suitable for the growth of oak pine and Camellia oleifera. The Piedmont basin and plain valley are sandy loam and alluvial soil on both sides of streams and rivers, which are suitable for agricultural

cultivation. [6]

Natural resources Editor

plant resources

There are more than 700 kinds of trees in Huangshan City, and there are more than 1000 kinds of trees in Huangshan City. Among them, there are about 1000 species with high economic value, among which the precious tree species under state key protection are fragrant fruit tree, Phoebe koraiensis and mahogany; the provincial protected species are Larix kaempferi, hemlock, Cephalotaxus, ginkgo, catalpa, Magnolia Huangshan, camphor, turmeric, lianxiangquan, lingchunmu, tiannv, qingqianshan and Actinidia chinensis; there are 15 species of Pinus taiwanensis and East China Yellow fir,

Taxus chinensis, Betula luminifera and Pterocarpus tatarinowii. There are more than 100 kinds of tree species which belong to excellent building timber, including Chinese fir, pine, sassafras, Cinnamomum camphora, nanmu, Broussonetia papyrifera, Castanopsis fargesii, etc. Cunninghamia lanceolata is mainly distributed in Liukou and Xikou of Xiuning; pine is mostly distributed in Qimen, Yixian and Huangshan areas;

moso bamboo is mainly distributed in Xiuning, Huangshan and Qimen; other miscellaneous trees are mainly distributed in Guniujiang and Qingliangfeng, as well as Qimen, Yixian, Shexian and Huangshan districts. The forest coverage rate of the whole city is 73%, the timber volume is 24 million cubic meters, the bamboo is about 50 million roots, and the annual output of tea is about 25000 tons.