Geographical location and natural conditions of Guizhou province

Guizhou is located in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, between east longitude103 36' ~109 35' and north latitude 24 37' ~ 2913'. It borders Hunan in the east, Guangxi in the south, Yunnan in the west and Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, with a distance of about 595 kilometers from east to west. The easternmost is Dihu Township, Tianzhu County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, the westernmost is Yulong Township, Weining County, Bijie City, the southernmost is Luowan Township, Xingyi City, Qianxinan Prefecture, and the northernmost is Yangxi Town, Daozhen County, Zunyi City.

There are many kinds of creatures in Guizhou. There are 6255 species of vascular plants in the province, including more than 3700 species of medicinal plants, accounting for 80% of Chinese herbal medicines. Among the wild economic plant resources, there are about 600 kinds of industrial plants, mainly fiber, tanning materials, aromatic oil and grease plant resources; There are about 500 kinds of edible plants, mainly vitamins, protein, starch and oil plants. About 200 kinds of garden plants can be used for greening and beautifying the environment, which has ornamental value; There are more than 40 kinds of environmental protection plants with anti-pollution ability.

There are more than 70 species of rare plants listed in the national key protected plants list in this province. Taxus chinensis, Davidia involucrata, Taxus chinensis and so on 14 are national first-class protected plants, while 57 species of Alsophila spinulosa, Taiwania flousiana and Cercidiphyllum japonicum are national second-class protected plants.

There are more than 0/000 species of wild animal resources in the province, among which/0/7 species of Guizhou golden monkey, langur, clouded leopard, leopard and python are national first-class protected wild animals, and 83 species of macaques, pangolins and civets are national second-class protected animals. ?

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The topography of Guizhou:

Guizhou landform belongs to the mountainous area of southwest plateau in China. The territory is high in the west and low in the east. It slopes from the middle to the north, east and south, with an average elevation of about 1 100 meters. There are many mountains in Guizhou Plateau, which is known as "eight mountains, one water and one field". The landform of the whole province can be divided into four basic types: plateau, mountain, hill and basin, of which mountain and hill account for 92.5%.

The territory is mountainous, mountainous and undulating, with high mountains and deep valleys. There is Dalou Mountain in the north, which is inclined from west to northeast in the north. The elevation of Loushan Pass, the key pass of Sichuan and Guizhou, is1444m. South-central Miao Ling spans, with the main peak Leigong Mountain 2178m above sea level. There is Wuling Mountain in the northeast, winding from Hunan to Guizhou, and the main peak, Fan Jingshan, is 2572 meters high. The towering Wumeng Mountain in the west belongs to Jiucaiping, Zhu Shi Township, Hezhang County, with an altitude of 2900.6 meters, which is the highest point in Guizhou.

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