Quzhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, located in the Yangtze River Delta, the western part of Zhejiang Province, the upper reaches of Qiantang River and the western end of Jinhua-Quzhou basin. Its geographical coordinates are north latitude11801'-119 20' and 28'. The city covers an area of 8844 square kilometers.
Quzhou is connected to Nanping in Fujian in the south, Shangrao and Jingdezhen in Jiangxi in the west, Huangshan in Anhui in the north and Jinhua, Lishui and Hangzhou in the province in the east. Known as the thoroughfare of four provinces, the first of five roads.
topography
The border of Quzhou City is the western section of Jinqu Basin, and the corridor basin extending to the northeast has laid a basic landscape pattern, which is symmetrically distributed in the north and south with Qujiang River as the axis, and the altitude gradually rises. On both sides of Qujiang are valleys, which extend to hills and low mountains, and then to low mountains and Zhongshan.
On the southeast edge is the Xianxialing Mountains, with the highest peak in China, Dalonggang, at an altitude of1500.3m.. The northwest and northern margin are the southern section of Baiji Mountain and Qianligang Mountain. There are hills and low mountains in the west. The central valley plain is interlaced with low mountains and hills. The eastern part is dominated by valleys and plains, and the terrain is gentle. The lowest place in the territory is Xiatong Village, Longyou County, with an altitude of 33 meters.
The landform types are mainly mountains and hills. China's hilly area is 7560 square kilometers, accounting for 85.44% of the total land area. The mountainous area in the territory is 4336 square kilometers, accounting for 49% of the total land area, distributed in the northwest and southeast edges of the basin. Among them, the low mountain is about 2400 square kilometers, and the Zhongshan mountain is about 1900 square kilometers.
Its shape is complex, and the flowing water erosion is obvious. With the separation of the basin, the trend of mountains is complex and changeable, with short extension, steep slopes and valleys, staggered valleys and broken terrain.