Jinan is located in the central and western Shandong Province, with Mount Tai in the south, the Yellow River in the north and mountains and rivers in the back. It borders Liaocheng in the southwest, Dezhou and Binzhou in the north, Zibo in the east and Tai 'an and Laiwu in the south. Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, is located in the middle of Shandong Province. It is an important intersection of Chinese mainland Bohai Economic Zone and Beijing-Shanghai Economic Axis, and it is also one of the central cities of Bohai Sea and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Jinan is referred to as Ji, also known as Quancheng. As the name implies, there are many springs in Jinan, which is due to its unique geological structure. Jinan is the heart of Shandong Province, sandwiched between plains and hills. It is a gently inclined structure with a drop of more than 500 meters at both ends. Therefore, the terrain of Jinan slowly decreases from south to north, which makes the ground and groundwater converge to the urban area more smoothly, thus a large number of springs appear.

Introduction of natural resources in Jinan;

1, water resources

The total amount of natural water resources formed by precipitation and lateral infiltration of the Yellow River in Jinan City is 65.438+60.7 billion cubic meters. Jinan is famous for its numerous springs. According to statistics, there are four spring areas, ten spring groups, "seventy-two springs" and 733 natural springs, which are rare in cities at home and abroad. It is a natural karst spring museum, also known as the "Spring Capital".

2. Mineral resources

Jinan is rich in mineral resources. Clay, limestone and dolomite, especially limestone, have high grade and large reserves. Granite Black Granite is unique in China because of its pure texture. Jinan black gabbro and Liubu red granite have been exported to more than 30 countries and regions such as Europe, Asia and Africa. Jinan is rich in iron, coal, granite, refractory clay, copper, potassium, platinum, diamonds and other non-ferrous metals, rare metals and nonmetals.

3. Forest resources

Forest resources mainly include trees and shrubs, more than 60 families and more than 300 species. The local area is rich in apples, pears, persimmons, walnuts, hawthorn, chestnuts and jujubes. , and polygala tenuifolia, salvia miltiorrhiza, jujube kernel, wild chrysanthemum, Cyperus tuber and many other medicinal materials. In addition, the output of white lotus root, green onion, rose, reed and other plants is also high.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jinan City