Hunan:
Hunan Province, referred to as "Xiang" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Changsha as the capital, bounded by 24 38 ′ ~ 30 08 ′ north latitude and 65 438+008 47 ′ ~ 65 438+06 5438+04 65 438+05 ′ east longitude.
Hunan is located in the transition zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jiangnan hills and Nanling Mountains to Jianghan Plain. It is a horseshoe-shaped landform surrounded by mountains on three sides and open to the north. It is composed of plains, basins, hills, mountains and lakes, spanning the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate.