Beijing:
Beijing is located in the north of China, the north of North China Plain, Tianjin in the east and Hebei Province in the rest. Its center is located at116 20 ′ east longitude and 39 56 ′ north latitude. It is a world-famous ancient capital and a modern international city. It is also the seat of China Central Committee, People's Republic of China (PRC) Central People's Government and People's Republic of China (PRC) NPC Standing Committee.
Beijing is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The west, north and northeast are surrounded by mountains, and the southeast is a plain that slowly inclines to the Bohai Sea. The main rivers flowing through the territory are Yongding River, Chaobai River, North Canal and Juma River. Beijing's climate is a warm temperate semi-humid semi-arid monsoon climate, with high temperature and rainy summer, cold and dry winter and short spring and autumn. Beijing successfully hosted the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games, becoming the first "Double Olympic City" in the world.
It has gathered the outstanding achievements and fine traditions of Chinese culture since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, with many places of interest and rich cultural landscapes. It is the city with the most world cultural heritage in the world.
Location context:
Beijing is located at the northwest end of North China Plain, with east longitude115 20 ′ to17 30 ′ and north latitude 39 28 ′ to 4105 ′, and is located in the middle of Haihe River Basin. Total area 164 10 km2. Located in the northern part of North China Plain, adjacent to Bohai Bay, with Liaodong Peninsula on the top and Shandong Peninsula on the bottom. Beijing is adjacent to Tianjin and is surrounded by Hebei Province together with Tianjin.
Terrain:
Beijing is located in the northwest corner of North China Plain, with high terrain in the northwest and low terrain in the southeast. The terrain is characterized by mountains and few plains, with middle and low mountains in the north and gently inclined plains in the southeast, in which the mountainous area accounts for about 6 1% and the plain area accounts for about 39%. The average elevation of this city is 43.5 meters. The elevation of Beijing plain is 20 ~ 60m, and that of mountainous area is generally 1000 ~ 1500m. The main mountain ranges are Taihang Mountain and Yanshan Mountain.