Where is Chongming Island in Shanghai?
Chongming Island is the third largest island in China, known as the gateway to the Yangtze River and Yingzhou in the East China Sea. It is the largest estuarine alluvial island in China and the largest sand island in China. Chongming Island has a land history of over 1300 years, and its existing area is 1267_? , 3.5 ~ 4.5 meters above sea level. The island is flat, fertile, lush and rich in products, and is a famous land of plenty. And because of various geographical factors, the area of the island has increased by 5_? .
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Chongming Island is located at the northern end of Chongming Island. Most of it belongs to Chongming District, Shanghai, and a few belong to Qilong Town, Qidong City, Nantong, Jiangsu Province and Haiyong Town, Haimen City, Nantong.
Chongming Island borders Qidong, Jiangsu Province in the east, the East China Sea in the southeast, Pudong New Area, Baoshan District and Taicang City in Jiangsu Province in the southwest, and Haimen City in Jiangsu Province in the north.
Shaped like a spring silkworm, it is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. There are two islands beside Hengshan and Changxing. The formation of Chongming Island is related to the evolution of the Yangtze River estuary. Because the Yangtze River estuary extends to the southeast, and Kumensha Island tends to tilt to the north.
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