Hukou County borders pengze county in the east, duchang county in the south, Lushan District, Jiujiang County and Xing Zi County in the west across Poyang Lake, and susong county in Anhui Province across the Yangtze River in the north.
Hukou County is the "North Gate of Jiangxi Water" and its water transportation is very developed. It is the only county in Jiangxi province that can cross the river into the sea. Along the Yangtze River, you can go up to Wuhan and Chongqing, and then to Nanjing and Shanghai. The Poyang Lake leads to Nanchang, Ji 'an and Ganzhou. Known as "the key to rivers and lakes, the thoroughfare of the three provinces"; The reputation of "Xieshan Town is a lake, and two bells win the imperial city".
Hukou County is located in several golden tourist routes, adjacent to Jingdezhen and Longgong Cave, not far from Huangshan and Jiuhua Mountain. The main attractions are the exquisite and quiet Shi Zhongshan, the majestic and magical Dagushan (Xieshan) and the vast Poyang Lake. The water at the intersection of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River is clear and turbid, which is very spectacular. As a part of Lushan Mountain Tourist Area, Shi Zhongshan and Xieshan Mountain have been listed in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO.
The county has a total area of 669.33 square kilometers and a total population of 3 1 10,000. Use Gan dialect (Changdu dialect-Hukou dialect). Hukou County belongs to the humid climate zone in the north subtropical zone, which is rich in heat, abundant in rainfall and distinct in four seasons. Annual average temperature 17.4℃, accumulated temperature 5358.7 ~ 5402.438+0℃. The average temperature in the most Leng Yue (65438+1October) is 4.2℃, the average temperature in the hottest month (July-August) is 28.8℃, the recorded extreme minimum temperature is-10.3℃, and the extreme maximum temperature is 40.3℃. The frost-free period is 258.8 days; Average annual precipitation1442.5mm; The actual total sunshine hours in the whole year averaged 1983.8 hours, and the sunshine rate was 45%.
Affected by cold wave and monsoon, the disastrous weather in Hukou County mainly includes low temperature and rainy weather in spring, heavy rain in spring and summer, dry and hot wind in summer and autumn, cold wave and strong wind in winter and freezing injury. Among them, the floods caused by heavy rain waterlogging outside the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake are the most harmful. According to the statistics before the completion of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the flood (water level fluctuation is more than 30% in one year) occurs once every eight years on average, and the reclaimed water (water level fluctuation is 10~30%) occurs once every four years on average. The highest water level in history is 22.58m (1 August, 9981), and the lowest water level is 5.9m (1February 6th, 963).