Zhongmou county is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, east of the central part of Henan Province, and belongs to Zhengzhou City. Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, is adjacent to the central city of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, in the east, xinzheng city and Weishi counties in the west and Yuanyang county in the north. The maximum length from north to south is 55 kilometers, and the maximum width from east to west is 39 kilometers, with a total area of 9 17 square kilometers.
The upper stratum of zhongmou county was developed from Cenozoic Quaternary loose sediments 2 million years ago. The sedimentary rocks are alluvial and diluvial of the Yellow River, and the soil is clayey silt and silt, sandwiched by clayey silt and black silt. Due to the uneven basement surface and geological structure differences in the early stage of sedimentation, the total thickness changed greatly.
Physical geography of zhongmou county
Zhongmou county belongs to the Huanghuai Plain, with alternating hills and depressions, complex terrain and changeable landforms. Influenced by the alluvial deposits of the Yellow River and Jia Luhe, two fan-shaped trough belts with slight inclination from northwest to southeast are formed in the north-central part of the county along Jia Luhe and Liangyun River. Influenced by the remnants of Funiu Mountain in the south, the mountains are undulating, forming a watershed from Malinggang to Maha and the upper reaches from southwest to northeast. The basic topography of the county is a trough-shaped zone with high west and low east, high north and south and low middle.
It is the highest in the southwest, and the red clay well in the north of Zhanzhuang Village in Zhangzhuang Town is the highest point in the county, with an altitude of154m. The lowest in the southeast, the lowest point is in Huxinzhuang Village, Hansi Town, Dongquan County, with an altitude of 73 meters; The relative height difference is 81m. The county seat is 78 meters above sea level.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-zhongmou county