Yuexi County was named Yuexi because "the new county area is suitable for living in the west of Qian Yue (referring to the ancient Nanyue Mountain, now Tianzhu Mountain)". Yuexi County, which belongs to Anqing City, Anhui Province, is located in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, southwest of Anhui Province and west of Anqing City. It is connected to Qianshan City in the east, Yingshan County in Hubei Province in the west, Taihu County in the south, Shucheng County and Huoshan County in the north.

Yuexi county is located between east longitude11555'-1633' and north latitude 3039'-31',with a total area of 2398 square kilometers. Administer 14 towns and 10 townships. Yuexi County has five national 4A scenic spots, including Tianxia Scenic Spot, Tangmingshan and Rainbow Waterfall, Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve and Miaodaoshan National Forest Park. Sikong, which is praised by Zhao Puchu as "the first Zen Mountain in China", is also located in Yuexi.

Hydrology of water system in Yuexi county

Yuexi County spans the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, with the Yangtze River basin area of 1855.9 square kilometers and the Huaihe River basin area of 542. 1 square kilometers. The local topography of the territory divides the river into four main water systems. There are three major water systems in the Yangtze River Basin: Anhui River, Chaohu Lake and Caizi Lake. The main rivers in Anhui are Yaqian River, Egret River, Diving River, Qian Dian River and Xiye River, Chaohu River is Yaojia River, which is the source of Hangbu River, and Caizi Lake is Lingwei River, which is the source of Dasha River.

Pi River system belongs to Huaihe River Basin, and has three sources-Jiabao River, Huangwei River and Toutuo River. There are more than 900 rivers in the county, of which 104 catchment area exceeds 5 square kilometers. The total length of the river is 1 1053.6 km, the density of the river network is 4.6 km per square kilometer, and the annual runoff is 2.053 billion cubic meters.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuexi County