Shishou is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the geographical center of the two lakes plains (Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake Plain), the southern end of the central axis of Hubei Province, and an important city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Anxiang, Hunan has Huarong in the south, Jiangling in the north, Jianli in the province in the east and public security in the west. By the end of 20 10, the city's land area was 1427 square kilometers, and it governed 14 townships, towns, offices and economic development zones with a total population of 626,000.
Shishou is a landscape-garden-style city named Shishou Mountain, which is "isolated from rocks" in the north of the city. The stone head is a hilly plain. Jiangnan is a hilly plain, the central part is mainly flat, and Jiangbei is a plain. The whole terrain is slightly higher in the northwest, lower in the middle and inclined to the southwest. The ground elevation is generally between 365,438+0 meters and 36 meters. Yangtze River Swan Island Baiji Dolphin Nature Reserve and Swan Island Wetland Elk Nature Reserve are located in Shishou City, and Shishou was awarded the title of "China Elk Town". 20 17 10 was named as a national garden city by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
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There are more than 20 kinds of underground mineral deposits in Shishou, such as lead, zinc, copper, monazite, beryl, granite, natural gas and mineral water. There are five main minerals:
Lead, zinc and copper deposits are mainly distributed in the barite vein of the eastern Lieeshan fault zone, extending 20-25 from north to south, with an inclination of 50, and narrowing from north to south, with a total length of 600 meters and large and small ore bodies 15. The ore grade is: copper 0.465,438+0-65,438+0.66%.
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