Location
 Yichang
City
is located at Longitude 110กใ15' E to 112กใ04' E, Latitude29กใ56' N
to 31กใ34' N . At the west of China's Hubei Province,Yichang is
where the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River are
divided. Thanks to its advantageous geographic location, Yichang
has been defined as a distributing center, an important trading
port and a transportation hub along the Yangtze river linking west
Hubei and east Sichuan since ancient times. For a very long time,
it has been renown as "Gateway to the Three Gorges", and "Throat
between Sichuan and Hubei". Today,Yichang remains a brisk river
port of China, controlling the access to Chongqing City to its
southwest.
Topography
The geographic features
of Yichang are quite different .There are mountains and forest in
the west ,the scene is magnificent and wonderful; but there is a
vast stretch of flat fertile land in the east,and natural resources
are rich there.In the whole area in the land of the city, the mountain
area amount for 69%, hills amount for 21%, plains amount for 10%,
which form the characteristic of ground form of "seven mountains,
two mounds and one plain".
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