Wuxi, referred to as "xi" for short and called Liangxi in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, a city in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta, and a class of big cities. It is located in the east of China, the south of Jiangsu Province, Suzhou in the east, Huzhou in Zhejiang and Xuancheng in Anhui in the south and southwest, Changzhou in the west, the Yangtze River in the north and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passing through.

Wuxi is one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta approved by the State Council, an important scenic tourist city and a national historical and cultural city. It is an important part of Shanghai metropolitan area and Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou metropolitan area. Wuxi is also the cradle of China's national industry and township industry, and the birthplace of southern Jiangsu model.

geographical environment

The territory of Wuxi is dominated by plains, with scattered low mountains and residual hills. The south is the plain of water network; North high sand plain; The middle part is a water network polder field composed of lowlands; Southwest is a high-lying area with low mountains and hills in Yixing. The prototype of Wuxi landform was formed in the Cathaysian structure in Indosinian period (about 65.438+0.8 billion years ago), which made Wuxi area fold into land.

Wuxi city belongs to the humid monsoon climate zone in the north subtropical zone, with four distinct seasons, abundant heat, abundant precipitation and the same season of rain and heat. Summer is controlled by the summer monsoon from the ocean, with southeast wind prevailing and hot and rainy weather; Winter is controlled by the prevailing winter wind in Chinese mainland, with more northerly winds; Spring and autumn is a period of alternating winter and summer monsoon, with changeable weather in spring and fresh air in autumn.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuxi.