Which province is Zhejiang?

Zhejiang Province, referred to as "Zhejiang" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Hangzhou as its capital, located in the southeast coast of China and the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the East China Sea in the east, Shanghai and Jiangsu provinces in the north, Fujian province in the south and Anhui and Jiangxi provinces in the west.

Qiantang River, the largest river in Zhejiang Province, is named Jiang because of its twists and turns, also known as Zhejiang, and the whole province is named after Jiang. "Seven mountains, one water and two fields" is a generalization of Zhejiang's topography. Zhejiang is the province with the largest number of islands in China, and the total length of coastline ranks first in China.

Zhejiang is one of the birthplaces of ancient civilization in China, with Neolithic cultures such as Liangzhu culture, Hemudu culture and Majiabang culture, and regional cultures such as Wuyue culture, Jiangnan culture and Song Yun culture.

Climatic characteristics of Zhejiang;

Zhejiang Province is located in the middle of subtropical zone, with a humid monsoon climate, moderate temperature, four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall. The annual average temperature is between 15℃ and 18℃, the annual sunshine hours are between1100-2,200 hours, and the annual average precipitation is between1100-2,000mm.

Influenced by the ocean and southeast Asian monsoon, the prevailing wind direction in Zhejiang Province changes obviously in winter and summer, the precipitation season changes obviously, and the climate resources are diversified. At the same time, influenced by the weather system of westerly belt and easterly belt, there are many meteorological disasters, and it is one of the areas seriously affected by disasters such as typhoon, rainstorm, drought, cold wave, strong wind, hail, freezing injury and tornado in China.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhejiang Province