Hengyang, Hunan Province belongs to several types of areas.
Hengyang, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, is an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the sub-central city of Hunan Province and the political, economic, military and cultural center of southern Hunan. Hengyang governs 5 districts and 5 counties, and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 153 10 square kilometers. The urban area across Xiangjiang River is one of the important transportation hubs in Hunan Province and Central South China, where many important highways and railway trunk lines meet.
Hengyang is located in the concave axis zone of south-central China, which constitutes a typical basin situation and belongs to subtropical monsoon climate. By the end of 20 17, the total resident population of Hengyang was 7,205,300.
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There are 393 rivers and streams in Hengyang with a river length of 5 km or a basin area of 10 square km, with a total area of 8,355 km and a river network density of 0.55 km/square km. The main stream of Xiangjiang River originates from Xing 'an, Guangxi, enters from Qingtang, Guiyang Town, flows through Qidong, Hengnan, Changning, downtown, Hengyang County, Hengshan and Hengdong in turn, and exits from Heping Village, Hengdong, with a territory of 226 kilometers, accounting for 39.7% of Xiangjiang River mileage.
There are Fuling water, distilled water, thunder water and Weihe water in the first-class tributaries of Xiangjiang River with a basin area of more than 3,000 square kilometers in China. Xiangjiang River is the largest river in Hunan, with a total length of 856 kilometers and a drainage area of 94,660 square kilometers.
Hengyang basin is an important part of the central Hunan basin, with high terrain in the south and low terrain in the north. The mountains above sea level 1000 meters in the south of Hengyang basin stretch for dozens of kilometers. The northern part of Hengyang basin is relatively low. Although the Hengshan Mountain range is relatively high, the peaks stand in the middle in a peak forest shape, and there are low northward passages on both sides of Hengyang Basin. The elevation of the banks of Xiangjiang River Valley on the east side of Hengyang Basin is below 100 meters.
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