[Geographic Situation]
On the east coast of Eurasia and the southern tip of Liaodong
peninsular in northeast China, Dalian stretches from 120¡ã58'
to 123¡ã31' east longitude and 38¡ã43' to 40¡ã10' north latitude,
with the Yellow Sea on the east, Bohai Sea on the west,
facing the Shandong peninsular across the sea on the south
and backed up by the vast Northeast Plain on the north.
Dalian is the marine gateway of northeast China, North China,
East China and the whole world. It is also an important
port, and a trade, industry and tourism city.
Dalian covers an area of 12574 square kilometers, among
which 2415 square kilometers of area is the old city. This
area abounds with mountains and hills, while plains and
lowlands are rarely seen. The terrain, high and broad on
the north, low and narrow on the south, tilts to the Yellow
Sea on the southeast and the Bohai Sea on the northwest
from the center. The region which faces the Yellow Sea is
long and gentle. The Qianshan Mountain range of Chang Baishan
Mountain system passes through the whole region from north
to south. Mountain regions and long eroded foothills are
widely dispersed within the region. Plains and lowlands
are only interspersed near the confluence and in some valleys.
Kast topography and sea erosion topography are everywhere.
[Climate]
Dalian lies in the warm temperate zone of the North Hemisphere,
with maritime feature of warm temperate continental monsoon
climate. Thus, its four seasons are distinct with neither
extremely cold weather in winter nor extremely hot weather
in summer. The average temperature of the year is 10.5¡ãC,
the rainfall of the year is 550 to 950 millimeters and the
whole year sunshine is 2500 to 2800 hours.
[Water Resources]
There are mainly two large river systems, the Yellow Sea
system and the Bohai Sea system. The large rivers which
flow into the Yellow Sea are Biliu River, Yingna River,
Zhuanghe River, Xiezi River, Dasha River, Dengsha River,
Qingshui River, and Malan River, etc. while the main rivers
which flow into the Bohai Sea are Fuzhou River, Li Guancun
River, San Shilipu River. Among them, the largest one is
Biliu River, the source river of cross-valley water diversion.
In addition, there are more than 200 small rivers. The total
amount of fresh water resource is 3.786 billion cubic meters,
among which 3.42 billion cubic meters of water is ground
water, 88.4 million cubic meters of water is underground
water and 58 million cubic meters of water is shared by
them both.
[Administrative Divisions]
Dalian has 3 county-level cities (Wa Fangdian city, Pu Landian
city and Zhuanghe city), 1 county (Changhai county) and
6 districts (Zhongshan district, Xigang district, Sha Hekou
district, Gan Jingzi district, Lu Shunkou district and Jinzhou
district). In addition, there are 4 state-level leading
areas for opening up (the Development Zone, the Free Trade
Zone, the Hi-Tech Industrial Zone and the Golden Pebble
Beach National Holiday Resort.)
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