Geographical location of Leizhou Peninsula

Leizhou Peninsula is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland, bordering the South China Sea in the east and Beibu Gulf in the west. There are East Island, Pazhou and other affiliated islands, among which East Island is connected by seawall. The peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the coastline is about 1 180 km long, and the coastline of Liandao is 1450 km long. It was named for its historical jurisdiction over Leizhou. Leizhou Peninsula mainly governs Suixi County, Haikang County (now Leizhou City), Wuchuan City and xuwen county, as well as Chikan District, xiashan district, Development Zone, Mazhang District and Potou District under the jurisdiction of Zhanjiang City.

Leizhou Peninsula:

Leizhou Peninsula, named after the jurisdiction of the ancient Leizhou government, is one of the three major peninsulas in China. Together with Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula, it is called the three peninsulas of China. It is like a dragon rushing to the South China Sea, magnificent and shocking. Leizhou Peninsula echoes Hainan Island across Qiongzhou Strait in the south, with a length of about130km from north to south and a width of about 40-70km from east to west, with a total area of13225km2. Leizhou Peninsula belongs to the northern edge of tropical monsoon climate with relatively gentle terrain. It is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland, in the southwest of Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea in the east, Beibu Gulf in the west and Qiongzhou Strait in the south. It is wet and rainy in spring, with showers or thunderstorms in summer, and the southeast and southwest winds prevail. There are many typhoons in autumn, cold and dry in winter, and northwest and northeast winds prevail. The annual average temperature 10 is 22.5℃, 65,438+0,65,438+0.4℃, and 29℃ in August. May-August is the rainy season, and September is the peak of rainstorm, which is obviously divided into dry season and rainy season. The annual average precipitation is1417 ~1804 mm, and the annual average wind speed is 3 meters per second. On average, there are 2 ~ 3 landing typhoons every year. There is an irregular semidiurnal tide on the east coast of the peninsula and a regular diurnal tide on the west coast.