Baotou City is located in the west of Inner Mongolia, at the southern end of Mongolian Plateau, bordering the Yellow River in the south, Tumochuan Plain and Hetao Plain in the east and west, and the yinshan mountains runs through the middle. Located in the hinterland of Bohai Economic Circle and Yellow River Economic Belt. It is an important hub connecting North China and Northwest China and a key development area of Inner Mongolia's opening to the outside world.
Baotou is a big city with local legislative power, the largest industrial city in Inner Mongolia, a comprehensive industrial city focusing on metallurgy, rare earth and machinery industry in China, an important basic industrial base in China and a global light rare earth industrial center, and is known as "Grassland Steel City" and "Rare Earth Capital".
As of 202 1, there are six districts 1 county flags in the city, with a total area of 27,768 square kilometers, a permanent population of 2,740,400, an urban population of 23,865,438+10,000, and an urbanization rate of 86.88%.
Climate and hydrology in Baotou city;
1 climate
Baotou has a semi-arid mid-temperate continental monsoon climate. The heat resources in Baotou area can still meet the needs of crops, but they are not rich and are greatly influenced by geographical latitude and topography. The average annual temperature in this city is between 2.3 and 7.7 degrees Celsius. The frost-free period in the whole city is 90 ~ 140 days, with an average of 130 ~ 140 days in Shannan and 90 ~10 days in Shanbei.
2. Hydrology
The Yellow River flows through the territory of Baotou City for 214km, with water surface width130m to 458m, water depth1.6m to 9.3m, average flow1.4m per second, maximum flow of 6,400m3 per second and annual average runoff of 26 billion cubic meters.
It is the main water source for industrial and agricultural production and people's life in Baotou area. In addition, rivers such as Abigail River, Hadimengou, Kundulun River, Wudanggou, Shuijiangou and Meidaigou flow through Baotou.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Baotou City