Geographlcallocatlon
Xianyang is located in the center of Shaanxi Province and lies at latitude 34°11′to 35°32′by longitude107°98′to109°10′, The geodetic origin of ,the P.R.China is located in Xianyang area.
Climate
Xianyang has a continental season wind climate and the average annual temperature is 11,
Rivers，Water And Forest
There are mainly 8 rivers in Xianyang area, The Wei River, one of the branches of the Yellow River, flows 91 kilometers across Xianyang area with an average flow capacity of 173 cubic meters per second, The Jing River, one of the branches of the Wei River, flows 262 kilometers across Xianyang area with an average flow capacity of 60 cubic meters per second, The runoff water on the ground is 7 billion cubic meters and the supplement water for the underground is 1 billion cubic meters every year, The quantity of annual rainfall is 5,86 billion cubic meters and 543 million cubic meters of flowing water on the ground are provided per year, There is sufficient water resource in the city, Natural grassland covers over 120,000 hectares and forest covers 17,5 per cent of the total area.
Land And Mlneral Resources
In Xianyang area there are about 1,087 million hectares of land, of which 450,000 hectares are arable land, 150,600 hectares are forest, 118,000 hectares are grassland, 24,000 hectares are water surface, and 930,000 hectares are waste land to be developed, Xianyang area is very rich in natural resources such as coal, limestone, potter’s earth, ore, marble, oil shale, oil, spring water, underground heat water and so on.
The coalfield in the northern part of Xianyang with over 10 billion tons of proved coal deposit made it the second largest coalfield in Shaanxi Province, The deposit of 500 billion tons of limestone can be developed on a large scale into building materials, The underground heat water area reaches 800 square kilometers in the southern part of Xianyang.
