Where is Yancheng?

Yancheng is located between 32 34 ′ ~ 34 28 ′ north latitude and119 27 ′ ~120 54 ′ east longitude. It borders the Yellow Sea in the east, Nantong and Taizhou in the south, Huai 'an and Yangzhou in the west, and Lianyungang across the Guanhe River in the north.

Yancheng has a total land area of 1693 1 km2, of which the coastal beach area is 455,300 hectares, accounting for 75% of the coastal beach area in Jiangsu Province. The coastline is 582 kilometers long, accounting for 56% of the total length of the coastline in Jiangsu Province. The south coast of Sheyang estuary also extends to the sea at the rate of 10 square kilometers per year.

According to the administrative regional planning map, Yancheng is a city in Jiangsu Province, located in the east of Jiangsu Province, a provincial city in Jiangsu Province and a city in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta. Yancheng has the only world natural heritage in China and Jiangsu, including Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and migratory bird habitat. Yancheng has convenient land, sea and air transportation, and basically formed a five-in-one three-dimensional transportation network of expressway, railway, aviation, shipping and inland river shipping.

topography

Yancheng is a plain landform, which is high in the northwest and southeast, and low in the middle and northeast. Most areas are less than 5 meters above sea level, and the maximum relative height is less than 8 meters. It is divided into three plain areas: Huanghuai Plain, He Lixia Plain and Binhai Plain. Huang-Huai Plain is located in the north of the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu Province, and its terrain is roughly centered on the abandoned Yellow River, and gradually descends to the northeast and southeast.

The highest elevation of the abandoned Yellow River is 8.5 meters, and the lowest elevation along the southeast Sheyang River is only about 1 meter. He Lixia Plain is located in the south of the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu and west of Chuanchang River. It is a part of He Lixia Plain with a total area of over 4,000 square kilometers. The plain is high around and low in the middle, with the lowest elevation of only 0.7 meters.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Yancheng