On the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau, the terrain is high in the east and low in the west, and the mountains, hills and plains are distributed step by step. Most areas are above 1000 meters above sea level. The eastern and central terrain is dominated by mountains and hills. Jinzhong has a continental monsoon climate in warm temperate zone, with obvious seasonal changes. It is dry and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, cool in autumn and cold and snowy in winter. The annual sunshine hours averaged 2530.8 hours. The rivers in the city are bounded by Taihang Mountain and the middle ridge of Taiyue Mountain, belonging to the Yellow River Basin and Haihe River Basin. Most of the eastern rivers belong to the South Canal and Ziya River systems in Haihe River Basin, mainly including Songxi River, Qingzhang River and Zhangzhuo River. The western rivers belong to the Fenhe River system of the Yellow River Basin, mainly including Xiaohe, Wuma River, Changyuan River, Huiji River, Longfeng River and Jingsheng River.