It is located in the northwest of Henan Province, bordering Taihang Mountain in the north and Yellow River in the south. Mengzhou city is adjacent to Qinyang City and Jiyuan City in the north and overlooks Taihang Mountain. Wenxian County, with the river as the basic dividing line in the east, borders Jiyuan City and Geely District in Luoyang City in the west, faces the Yellow River in the south, and faces Mengjin County, yanshi city and gongyi city across the Yellow River. Geographical coordinates are11233'-11255', 34 50'-35 02' north latitude, the longest point from east to west is 33km, and the widest point from north to south is 25.75km. ..
Mengzhou city is a transitional area from Qianqiuling of Taihang Mountain to North China Plain. The terrain inclines from northwest to southeast, and the altitude drops from 305.9 meters to 108.5 meters. From west to east, the territory has obvious transition characteristics of low mountains, hills and plains, with hills, plains and beaches accounting for one third respectively.
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Mengzhou is the hometown of Han Yu, the leader of the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. 1996 withdraw county and set up city. The main attractions are: Hanyuan, hometown Mogou, Yellow River Wetland, Gucheng Lake, Baiqiang Reservoir, Jinshan Temple, Binhe Park, etc.
Specialty products include: four kinds of Huai medicine (Rehmannia glutinosa, Chinese yam, chrysanthemum, Achyranthes bidentata), apples, sheep shearing products, wheat straw paintings, clay inkstone and Wengong inkstone. Special snacks include: Mengzhou sesame seed cake, Mengzhou fried noodles, Mengzhou sugar cake, Mengzhou Huimian Noodles, mixed mung bean bean jelly, Xiwo braised pork and paste noodles.
There are Yellow River, Mang River, Zhu Long and other rivers 12, Shunjian Reservoir, Top 100 Reservoir and other reservoirs 18 in mengzhou city. The total length of rivers in China is 195 km, and the average total runoff for many years is 59 1 100 million cubic meters. The Yellow River runs south from Mengzhou, with a total length of 26 kilometers, and is the intersection of the middle and lower reaches. The water surface of the Yellow River is slack, and a large amount of sediment is deposited, which begins to become a "suspended river". The Yellow River levee (left bank) was built from the Wangmiao Temple in Cao Zhong, Mengzhou. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the Yellow River levee began in Meng County".
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