Jingshan City is located in the transition zone from the hilly area in central Hubei to Jianghan Plain, and the terrain is inclined from northwest to southeast, which can be roughly divided into four types: low mountains, hills, hills and plains. It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with green mountains and green waters and beautiful natural scenery, and the forest coverage rate of the city reaches 44.5%.
Rich in natural resources, nonmetallic minerals have high industrial mining value; The main soils are paddy soil, fluvo-aquic soil, yellow brown soil, calcareous soil and purple soil. Natural disasters always occur frequently in many types, especially drought, followed by flood.
The city covers an area of 3,520 square kilometers (including Qujialing Management Area 173 square kilometers and Taizishan Forest Farm 75 square kilometers), accounting for about 1.78% of the total area of Hubei Province. Jingshan City has a long history, rich culture, beautiful mountains and rivers, rich products and convenient transportation, and is known as "Emerald in Central Hubei, Back Garden of Wuhan".
topography
After entering from the northwest, the southern vein of Dahongshan Mountain in Jingshan City extends to the southeast and connects with Jianghan Plain, roughly forming four landforms: low mountains in the northwest, hills in the middle, hills in the southeast and plains in the southwest. The highest point is Niangniangzhai at the junction of northwest and Zhongxiang city, with an altitude of 950.3 meters; The lowest point is the Panjiawan riverbed in Yongsongkou, with an altitude of 27 meters.
The mountains in the territory belong to the southern mountains of Dahong Mountain, which are distributed in the northern and western parts of the city. It consists of five mountains, namely Xiangshan Mountain, Lvlin Mountain, Wangjiashan Mountain, Longfengzhai Mountain and Zhaohushan Mountain, all of which are northwest-southeast. There are more than 250 peaks above 200 meters above sea level.
Most of the rocks in the territory are carbonate rocks, and many caves are formed due to water erosion, and there are more than 20 caves with a length exceeding 1000 meters. Among them, the cave has been developed into a tourist attraction and is the main park of Jingshan provincial geological park.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingshan City