"Hanshu" records, "Handan is based on the Dahe River (ancient Yellow River) in the south, and there are Yan and Dai in the north. Although Chu defeats Qin, it will not dare to control Zhao. If it fails to defeat Qin, it will be heavy on Zhao. Zhao will succeed Qin, The disadvantages of Chu can be achieved by conquering the world." This shows the importance of Handan's geographical location.
Handan is located at the heart of the four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration and the Bohai Rim Economic Zone. It is the only megacity at the junction of the four provinces, together with Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Jinan and Zhengzhou. The distance to the provincial capital is about 200 kilometers, and the distance to major cities such as Beijing and Tianjin is within 450 kilometers. The location advantage is very obvious. It is surrounded by China's three major economic circles. It is located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Zone. It is connected to the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle to the east and to the Pearl River Delta Economic Circle to the south. The terrain of Handan City descends in steps from west to east, with huge height differences and complex and diverse landform types. Bounded by the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, the west is surrounded by medium and low mountainous hilly landforms, and the east is bounded by the North China Plain. The highest altitude is 1898.7 meters, the lowest is 32.7 meters, the relative height difference is 1866 meters, and the total slope drop is 11.8‰.
Handan City can be roughly divided into five levels from west to east: the mid-mountainous area in the northwest, the low mountainous area in the west, the low mountainous area in the middle, the central basin area, and the alluvial plain in the east. The rivers within the jurisdiction of Dan City all belong to the Haihe River Basin. There are more than 20 large rivers and tributaries in the country, among which the main flood-carrying rivers include plain drainage rivers such as Zhang River, Wei River, Wei Yunhe River, Fuyang River, Laosha River, and Lao Zhang River.
Handan City currently has 19 irrigation areas of more than 10,000 acres, with an effective irrigation area of ??3.6275 million acres, accounting for 45.5% of the city’s effective irrigation area. Among them, there is one extremely large irrigation area in the country: Handan City Zhangfu River Irrigation District, a large-scale Three irrigation areas: Handan City Yuefeng Irrigation District, Cixian Yuefeng Irrigation District, Wei County Junliu Irrigation District, and 15 medium-sized irrigation areas: Zhangnan, Zhangxi, Zhangbei, Qingta, Koushang, Chegu, Jiazhuang, Taiping Canal, Chahezui, Yaochang, Weixi, Chencun, Yinfu, Fuyuan, Fumin, etc. There are currently 98,700 agricultural wells, including 8,484 deep wells, and the well irrigation area is 6.7 million acres. 151 small and medium-sized water storage gates have been built, including 21 medium-sized ones, with a total water storage capacity of 39.5 million cubic meters. The city's effective irrigation area is 8.4924 million acres, and the guaranteed irrigation area is 5.79 million acres. Handan contains a wide variety of mineral resources and is a famous coal and high-grade iron ore production area in China. It is rich in "two blacks" - coal and iron resources, with coal and iron ore reserves reaching 4 billion tons and 480 million tons respectively. It is known as a modern steel city and coal capital. Iron ore is concentrated in Wu'an and Shexian counties, and Wu'an is one of the four largest iron ore-rich bases in the country. Coal is concentrated in the Fengfeng mining area.
Among them, coal reserves are abundant, coal types are complete, and coal quality is good; iron ore is of high grade, has few harmful impurities, and has good selectivity. In addition, there are relatively abundant non-metallic mineral resources such as bauxite, refractory clay, pyrite, potassium-containing sand shale, carbon stone and more than 40 kinds of mineral deposits. 200 mineral deposits of various types. The natural vegetation types in Handan can be divided into six types: coniferous forest, broad-leaved forest, shrubs and shrubs, meadows, swamp vegetation, and aquatic vegetation. The forest vegetation in Handan City is mainly distributed in the western mountainous areas; the grass vegetation is mainly distributed in the valleys and barren slopes of mountainous and hilly areas, and the meadow vegetation is spread throughout the city. The subtropical tree species sumac is widely distributed in the western mountainous areas. Linchunmu and Taihanghua are endemic plant species in Handan City. The main crops cultivated in Handan include wheat, corn, rice, cotton, peanuts, etc. It is China's main production base for grain, cotton, poultry, eggs, and vegetables.
The wild animals in Handan City are mainly terrestrial vertebrates. Birds include sparrows, pigeons, magpies, swallows, owls, eagles, pheasants, pheasants, crows, quails, woodpeckers, cuckoos, thrushes, orioles, etc.; fish include carp, grass carp, crucian carp, silver carp, loach, and herring. etc.; reptiles include turtles, turtles, geckos, etc.