Topographic characteristics of Hunan

The topographical features of Hunan are as follows:

Hunan is surrounded by mountains on three sides in the southeast and west, and is low in the middle and north, forming a horseshoe-shaped basin that opens to the north. The mountainous area accounts for about half of the total area, and the plains, basins, hills and water surfaces account for about half. The main mountain ranges are Xuefeng Mountain, Wuling Mountain and Nanling Mountain.

The highest peak in the province is Mao Feng in Yanling County, with an altitude of 2 122 meters. The lowest point is Huanggai Town, Linxiang City, with an altitude of 2 1 meter. The main water surfaces are Dongting Lake, Xiangjiang River, Zishui River, Yuanjiang River and Lishui River. The four waters meet in Dongting Lake from southwest to north, and then flow into the Yangtze River through Chenglingji, Yueyang.

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Hunan Province, referred to as "Xiang" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Changsha as the capital, Jiangxi Province in the east, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces in the west, Guangdong and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the south and Hubei Province in the north.

It is located in the transition zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jiangnan Hill and Nanling Mountains to Jianghan Plain, with a horseshoe-shaped landform surrounded by mountains on three sides and open to the north. It is composed of plains, basins, hills, mountains and lakes, spanning the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and has a subtropical monsoon climate.

As of May, 2002 1 year, there were 13 prefecture-level cities and1autonomous prefecture in Hunan Province, with a total area of 2 1. 1.8 million square kilometers. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Hunan Province was 66.04 million, and the urbanization rate was 60.35438+0%.

As early as the Paleolithic Age, there were ancient human activities in Hunan. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a Xiangzhou named after Xiang. Hunan Observer was established in the Tang Dynasty, which was the organizational name of Hunan. Hunan Road was set up in the Song Dynasty, Huguang Province in the Yuan Dynasty and Huguang (still called the province) in the Ming Dynasty. Hunan province is divided into Huguang province.

The historical representative culture of Hunan Province is "Huxiang Culture". Hunan is named because the sub-region is located in the south of Dongting Lake, and it is also called "Xiang" for short because Xiangjiang River, the largest river in the province, runs through the whole territory. Since ancient times, the Ministry has planted hibiscus flowers, which was praised as "the nations in the autumn wind" in the Five Dynasties, so it is also called "hibiscus country".

It is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong is in this kind of grain, weaving hemp into cloth and making pottery. Yandiling in Zhuzhou City has become the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation. Located in the transitional zone between the eastern coastal areas and the central and western regions, the junction of the Yangtze River open economic belt and the coastal open economic belt has the pivotal position of connecting the east with the west and connecting the south with the north.