What are the topographical features of Shanghai?

Most of Shanghai is located in the flat Yangtze River Delta Plain, with dense southwest water networks and scattered hills, with an average elevation of about 4 meters. Chongming Island, Changxing Island and hengsha island, the third largest island in China, are all under its jurisdiction. Huangpu River and its tributary Suzhou River flow through the urban area.

Shanghai is located at 3 1 degree north latitude 14 minutes east longitude 12 1 degree 29 minutes. Shanghai is located in the front of the Yangtze River Delta, bordering the Yangtze River in the north, the East China Sea in the east, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west. Located in the center of the north-south coastline and the eastern edge of the Yangtze River Delta, the Yangtze River enters the sea, with convenient transportation, vast hinterland and superior geographical position. This is a good river port and seaport.

Shanghai covers an area of 6,340.5 square kilometers, accounting for 0.06% of the total area of China, with a length of120km from north to south and a width of100km from east to west. Among them, the urban area is 2057 square kilometers, the land area is 62 19 square kilometers and the water area is 122 square kilometers.