Dongping County, which belongs to Taian City, Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, with the Yellow River in the west and Taishan Mountain in the east, with a total area of 1330.44 square kilometers. Jurisdiction over 3 streets, 9 towns and 2 townships.
Dongping county has a long history. The Yellow River, the Grand Canal and the Dawenkou River meet, and Dawenkou culture, religious culture, celebrity culture, fisherman culture and folk culture blend with each other. Daicunba, the "heart of the canal", is listed as a world cultural heritage. Dongping is the birthplace of Shuihu culture. There are more than 400 natural and cultural landscapes in the county, including 5 national scenic spots. Dongping Lake is the second largest freshwater lake in Shandong Province, an important hub of the East Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer, and the only remaining water area of the "800-mile Water Margin".
topography
Dongping county is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. There are various types of landforms in the county, including mountains, hills, plains, depressions, lakes and rivers. Mountain hills are mainly distributed in the northern part of the county, belonging to the marginal zone of low mountains and hills in central and southern Shandong. The highest point is the top of the waterlogged slope outside the old county, with an altitude of 45 1 m.
The plain is mainly distributed in the southern region, belonging to the Dawenhe alluvial plain, with a ground elevation of more than 40 meters. Most of the soil layers are deep and the soil structure is good, which is suitable for agricultural planting. The depressions are mainly distributed in Dongping Lake area, with the Yellow River in the west and the Dongping Lake flood detention area in the east, belonging to the alluvial plain of the Yellow River. Except for a few isolated hills such as Mashan Mountain in Kunshan, Lashan, the rest are lake depressions, with the ground height less than 40 meters, and the lowest point is near Xuanchang in Xinhu Township, with an altitude of 1236.7 meters.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dongping County