Jiangsu, referred to as "Su" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC). Nanjing, the provincial capital, is located in the Yangtze River Delta region, along the eastern coast of Chinese mainland, with a land span of 30 45' ~ 35 08' north latitude and11621'~156' east longitude, which is close to Shanghai, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces.
Jiangsu lies across the river and faces the sea, with many lakes and flat terrain. The terrain consists of plains, waters and low hills. East of the Yellow Sea, across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Jiangsu geographically spans the north and south, and its climate and vegetation have both characteristics of the north and the south. ? Jiangsu's total area 107200 square kilometers. By 0: 00 June 2020 165438+ 10/,the resident population in Jiangsu was 847480 1 6.
Jiangsu is one of the cradles of China's ancient civilization, with four multi-cultural and regional characteristics: Wu, Jinling, Huaiyang and Zhongyuan. Jiangsu has been prosperous in economy, education and culture since ancient times, and * * * has 13 national historical and cultural cities.
hydrology
The Yangtze River in Jiangsu is 433 kilometers long from east to west, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is 7 18 kilometers long from north to south, and the coastline is 957 kilometers long. Jiangsu is located in the lower reaches of five major rivers in Jianghuai, Yishusi and the Yangtze River cross southern Jiangsu, which is the most reliable water resource in Jiangsu.
There are large and medium-sized lakes such as Taihu Lake, Hongze Lake, gaoyou lake Lake, Roman Lake, Baima Lake, Shijiu Lake and Weishan Lake, as well as tributaries such as the Grand Canal, Hu Aishu River, Chuanchang River, Guanhe River, Yanhe River, Tongyu Canal, Subei Irrigation Canal and Toarey Yang Canal, and the canals are vertical and horizontal, with dense water networks.