China Naming Network - Baby naming - A brief introduction to Guangzhou's geographical history

A brief introduction to Guangzhou's geographical history

Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province and the largest coastal city in the south of China, is located at 1 13 east longitude.

17', latitude 23.

8', located in southern Chinese mainland, southern Guangdong and the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta.

Guangzhou borders the South China Sea and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is the south gate of China to the world, and Guangzhou is a hilly area.

The Pearl River, the third largest river in China, flows through the center of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou is a famous historical and cultural city.

According to legend, in ancient times, five immortals dressed in five-color clothes, riding five-color fairy sheep and carrying ears of rice in their mouths came here and gave them to the people, hoping that there would never be famine here.

Since then, Guangzhou has been called "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City", and "Wuyang" has also become a symbol of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou is not only a famous city in China, but also an ancient city. Because there is a story in history that a Wuyang fairy came to offer an ear of rice, Guangzhou is also called "Yangcheng" and "Sui City" for short. Guangzhou has four seasons like spring, full of flowers, and the spring flower market on New Year's Eve is famous at home and abroad, so it is also called "Flower City".

Guangzhou is located at low latitude and belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate zone.

The surface receives a lot of solar radiation, and at the same time, influenced by monsoon, the ocean warm air flow forms a climate of high temperature, high humidity and rainy in summer; In winter, the cold wind in the northern mainland forms a climate of low temperature, dryness and little rain.

The annual average temperature is 2 1.4-2 1.9 degrees, and the annual average rainfall is1.623.6-1.899.8mm, which is more in the north and less in the south.

From 65438 to 0982, Guangzhou was selected by the State Council as the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China and a key tourist city in China.

1999 65438+ 10, Guangzhou was rated as an excellent tourist city.

Landscape: Baiyun Mountain, Lotus Mountain, Nanhai Temple, Guangzhou Zoo, etc.