topography
Guizhou landform belongs to the mountainous area of southwest plateau in China. The territory is high in the west and low in the east. It slopes from the middle to the north, east and south, with an average elevation of about 1 100 meters. There are many plateaus and mountains, and it is known as "the land is not three miles flat". The landform of the whole province can be divided into four basic types: plateau, mountain, hill and basin, of which mountain and hill account for 92.5%.
The territory is mountainous, with overlapping peaks, stretching vertically and horizontally, high mountains and deep valleys. There is Dalou Mountain in the north, which is inclined from west to northeast in the north. The elevation of Loushan Pass, the key pass of Sichuan and Guizhou, is1444m. South-central Miao Ling spans, with the main peak Leigong Mountain 2178m above sea level. There is Wuling Mountain in the northeast, winding from Hunan to Guizhou, and the main peak, Fan Jingshan, is 2572 meters high. The towering Wumeng Mountain in the west belongs to Jiucaiping, Zhu Shi Township, Hezhang County, with an altitude of 2900.6 meters, which is the highest point in Guizhou.
Shuikou River in Diping Township, Liping County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, at the provincial boundary, is 147.8 meters above sea level, which is the lowest point in China. The karst landform in Guizhou is very typical. The karst landform area is 109084 square kilometers, accounting for 6 1.9% of the total land area of the province. Karst is widely distributed in China, with complete morphological types and obvious geographical distribution, which constitutes a special karst ecosystem.
climate
Guizhou has a warm and humid climate, which belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate zone. Warm in winter and cool in summer, the climate is pleasant. The average temperature in Leng Yue (65438+ 10 month) is 1.9℃- 10.4℃, which is higher than other areas in the same latitude. The average temperature in the hottest month (July) is between 17.7℃-27.9℃, which is a typical cool summer area. Guiyang, the provincial capital, has the reputation of "the summer capital of China".
The annual average precipitation is 1 18 1mm, and the rainy season is obvious. The average annual sunshine hours are 1 185 hours, and the average annual rainless days are 190 days. There are more cloudy days and less radiation, and the annual relative humidity is above 80. 1%. The stereoscopic climate in Guizhou is obvious. "One mountain is divided into four seasons, and ten miles is different from the sky".
hydrology
Guizhou has dense river networks, steep river slopes, large natural drop and abundant hydropower resources. The reserve of hydropower resources is18.745 million kilowatts, ranking sixth in the country, of which the exploitable amount is16.83 million kilowatts, accounting for 4.4% of the country, especially there are many rivers with concentrated water level difference, and the development conditions are superior. Wujiang River, Nanpanjiang River, Beipanjiang River and Duliujiang River are rich in hydraulic resources.
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agriculture
In 20 13, the planting area of grain crops was 3 1 18400 hectares (4677600 mu), an increase of 2 1% over the previous year. The planting area of oil crops was 560,800 hectares (8410.2 million mu), an increase of 2.4% over the previous year. The planting area of flue-cured tobacco was 254,900 hectares (3,823,500 mu), an increase of 7.5% over the previous year. The vegetable planting area was 847,700 hectares (1.27 1.550 mu), up by 9.5% over the previous year. The planting area of Chinese herbal medicines was 1 17500 hectares (1762500 mu), an increase of 57.4% over the previous year.
prescribe a diet
Spicy is the main feature of Guizhou cuisine. Most famous dishes are closely related to peppers, such as kung pao chicken, all kinds of hot pots, Wangmian, etc., which need to be seasoned with peppers. The spicy dishes in Guizhou cuisine have different tastes, including oily spicy, burnt spicy, green spicy, sour spicy, garlic spicy and so on. Some are hot and sour, some are hot and fragrant, and some are so hot that people are staggering and sweating.
Guizhou cuisine mainly belongs to Sichuan cuisine series, but Guizhou cuisine has its own unique flavor. Sichuan is mainly spicy, Yunnan is mainly sweet and spicy, and Guizhou is mainly sour and spicy. Spicy and sour is the outstanding flavor of Guizhou cuisine.
traffic
Guizhou is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the traffic density is not as high as that in the coastal areas of China. However, since the opening of Guiguang high-speed railway at the end of 20 14, Guizhou has been integrated into the rapid economic network of the Pearl River Delta. It takes only 4-5 hours from Guiyang to Guangzhou, 3 hours from Guiyang to Changsha on 20 15, 9 hours from Shanghai high-speed rail and 9 hours from Guiyang to Beijing high-speed rail. At present, Guizhou has been connected
At the end of 20 15, 88 counties in Guizhou were connected to expressway, becoming the first province in the west to connect to expressway. At present, expressway network and high-speed rail network extending in all directions have been formed, and the convenient transportation has also made Guizhou's economy enter a period of rapid growth.
High-speed rail: Guiyang to Chengdu, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Kunming, Changsha, Nanning, Xingyi (extending to Southeast Asia) and other eight high-speed railways, except Nanning (350) and Xingyi 20 16, all others have been opened to traffic or started.