Xuefeng Mountain is 350 kilometers long and 80- 120 kilometers wide. It is the longest mountain in Hunan Province, and it is also the landmark peak of China's second-class to third-class transition. The ancient book called Meishan, which is called Zishui Festival. The southern section, called Xuefeng Mountain in ancient times, is the peak of the whole mountain.
Xuefeng Mountain is southwest-northeast, starting from the north bank of Wushui in Suining County, Shaoyang in the north, reaching Yuanling County in the north of Huaihua in the northwest, south of Changde in the north, Yiyang County in the northeast and Ningxiang County in Changsha in the southeast. This is the general scope of Meishan in the broad sense contained in the Biography of Meishan in the Song Dynasty.
The southern section of the mountain is steep; The northern section is wide and low, and the alpine belt is mainly located in Anhua County, Yiyang (the center of Meishan in a narrow sense), which gradually descends into hills and extends outward. Subaoding, the main peak, is1934m above sea level, located between hongjiang city in Huaihua and Dongkou County in Shaoyang. The second peak, baimashan, is in Longhui County, Shaoyang, with an altitude of 178 1 m. Vegetation is dominated by subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and various Chinese fir, with obvious vertical differentiation.
Geomorphological features
Xuefeng Mountain is an ancient uplift mountain with positive structure. It starts from Da Nan Shan at the junction of Hunan and Guangxi in the south and ends in Dongting Lake area, stretching for more than 300 kilometers, with a span of 80 ~ 120 kilometers. There is a mountain ridge with a height of 1000 meters, the elevation of the middle ridge is 1200 ~ 1700 meters, and the elevation of the sub-peak of the main peak is 65433.
Under the action of intermittent uplift and external force, the mountain presents multi-level peeling surfaces such as 900 ~ 1 100 meters, 650 ~ 800 meters, 450 ~ 550 meters and 240 ~ 350 meters. The cutting depth of the valley varies from150 ~ 750 m. With the development of the fault, the ridges and valleys fluctuate alternately.
On both sides of the whole mountain, the terrain is steep on the east slope and gentle on the west slope. The tributaries of the Yuanjiang River, such as Wushui, Xu Shui and Yiwangxi, Zishui Xiyuan and its tributaries, Pingxi and Chenxi, all come from both sides of the mountain. Two main streams pass through the north-central Xuefeng Mountain, and the river turns in an "S" shape to form a canyon.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xuefeng Mountain