Is there a sea in Jiangsu?

Jiangsu is located in the eastern coastal center of Chinese mainland, and its jurisdiction covers the southern Yellow Sea and the northern East China Sea. The sea area under its jurisdiction is about 34,766,438+05 square kilometers, and the coastline is 954 kilometers long, accounting for 37% of the province's land area. There are 26 islands along the coast of Jiangsu, including Pingdao, Pingdao Dong Jiao, Dashan, Che Niu Shan, Qinshan and Xinglong Sha. Among them, Dashan, Machaiheng and Waike Reef are the basic islands in the national territorial waters.

Jiangsu coast types include bedrock coast, sandy coast and muddy coast, mainly silt and muddy coast. The offshore area is shallow and flat, and the shallow sea area accounts for one-fifth of the national shallow sea area. In the central coastal area of Jiangsu Province, there is a leading submarine sand ridge group in China-radial sandbar, with an area of about 1268.38 square kilometers.

There are many kinds of marine resources in Jiangsu, including ports and shipping, land, biology, tourism, salt chemical industry and oil and gas resources. There are more than 10 port and shipping resources along Jiangsu coast. The coastal beach area is about 5 100 square kilometers. The geological reserves of petroleum in the South Yellow Sea are about 7 billion tons. There are also Haizhou Bay Fishing Ground, Lvsi Fishing Ground, Changjiang Estuary Fishing Ground and Dasha Fishing Ground among the eight major fishing grounds in China. The comprehensive index of marine resources ranks fourth in China.

Hydrological characteristics of Jiangsu province

Jiangsu Province is located in the lower reaches of the five major rivers in Jianghuai, Yishusi and the Yangtze River cross southern Jiangsu, which is the most reliable water resource in Jiangsu. The Yangtze River traverses 433 kilometers from east to west in Jiangsu Province, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through 765,438+08 kilometers from north to south.

There are large and medium-sized lakes in Jiangsu, such as Taihu Lake, Hongze Lake, gaoyou lake Lake, Roman Lake, Baima Lake, Shijiu Lake and Weishan Lake, as well as many tributaries, such as the Grand Canal, Hu Aishu River, Chuanchang River, Guanhe River, Yanhe River, Tongyu Canal, Subei Irrigation Canal and Yangtong Canal. The canals are vertical and horizontal, and the water network is dense.

Among the five major freshwater lakes in China, two are located in Jiangsu Province, and Taihu Lake covers an area of 2,250 square kilometers, ranking third. Hongze Lake ranks fourth with an area of 2,069 square kilometers. In addition, there are more than 290 lakes, including 12 lakes with an area of over 50 square kilometers.

Jiangsu Provincial Department of Natural Resources-Jiangsu Marine Resources