Shaoguan, a prefecture-level city, is located in the northern part of Guangdong Province, with jurisdiction over Zhenjiang District, Wujiang District, qujiang district, Renhua County, Shixing County, wengyuan county, Xinfeng County and Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, and hosting Lechang City and Nanxiong City. The land area of the city is 18400 square kilometers, and the urban area of Shaoguan is 3468 square kilometers. By the end of 2020, the registered population of the city was 3.366 million? [50]。 According to the data of the seventh national census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the resident population of Shaoguan was 2855 13 1.

geology

Shaoguan City is located at the southern foot of Nanling Mountains, and the whole region is located in the Hunan-Guangdong fold belt of Huaxia activation platform. The geological structure is complex, igneous rocks are widely distributed, the strata are basically complete, and karst landforms are widely distributed. The rocks are mainly red glutenite, sandstone, metamorphic rocks, granite and limestone. In geological history, it is an intermittent rising area, with strong flowing water erosion, resulting in many canyons, steep mountains and planation planes at all levels, mainly mountainous and hilly landforms.

climate

Shaoguan belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with pleasant climate. The annual average temperature is 2 1℃, the annual average rainfall is 1700 mm, the frost-free period is about 3 10 days, and there is snow in the north in winter.

hydrology

Rivers mainly belong to the Beijiang River Basin of the Pearl River system, with Zhenjiang as the main stream and Wujiang, Mojiang, Jinjiang, Wengjiang and Nanshui as the main tributaries.