Changshu city, referred to as Yu for short, is named "Changshu" because of "fertile land and no floods and droughts at the age of", and it is a national historical and cultural city. Changshu, located in the south of the Yangtze River, is known as the "blessed land in the south of the Yangtze River" and is one of the birthplaces of Wu culture. Changshu, located in the south of Jiangsu Province, is a county-level city managed by Suzhou City.

Changshu is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the northeast, across the river from Nantong, adjacent to Taicang in the southeast, Xiangcheng and Suzhou in Kunshan in the south, Jiangyin and Xishan in Wuxi in the west and Zhangjiagang in the northwest.

Changshu is an excellent tourist city in China, an international garden city, a national ecological city and the first batch of international wetland cities in the world. Changshu Shajiabang Yushan Shang Hu Tourist Area is a 5A-level tourist attraction. 20 18 reconfirmed the national health city (district).

Geomorphological and climatic characteristics

Changshu is a low-lying city with interwoven water networks, with an altitude of 3-7 meters. The southern part of the territory is low-lying, belonging to the Taihu Lake water network plain, with a minimum of 2.5 meters in some areas; The northwest and northeast are slightly higher, belonging to the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River. The hills in the territory mainly include Yushan, Gushan and Fushan. Among them, Yushan is the largest, with an altitude of 263 meters and a ridge of 6400 meters long.

Changshu water network criss-crosses, all rivers and lakes belong to Taihu Lake system, and its distribution is radial with the urban area as the axis, with dense southeast and sparse northwest, small rivers and stable water flow. It is estimated that the main rivers are Yu He, Baimaotang, Changhu, Yuanhetang, Zhangjiagang, Yantie and Gengjingtang, and the lakes are Kuncheng Lake, Shang Hu and Nanhu Dang.

Changshu is located in temperate zone and belongs to subtropical monsoon maritime climate, with four distinct seasons, mild climate and abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature of 20 15 16.9 degrees, and the annual extreme maximum temperature of 38.3 degrees appeared on August 3rd. The annual extreme minimum temperature is -3.3 degrees, which appears on 1.2. The annual precipitation 16 15.3mm is the largest annual precipitation since the establishment of Changshu Station, which is 479.7mm more than the historical average (historical average 1 135.6mm).

20 15, plum blossom is normal, slightly late; Plums grow for 28 days; The amount of plum rain is 6 14 mm, which is unusually high. The annual sunshine hours are171.3 hours, which is 102.6 hours less than the historical average (the historical average is 18 13.9 hours), and the annual sunshine percentage is 39%.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Changshu