Minquan County is located in the east of Henan Province, at the junction of Shangqiu, Kaifeng and Heze in Shandong Province, and belongs to Shangqiu City in Henan Province, with a total area of 1.222 square kilometers. Minquan County governs 2 streets, 1 1 town and 6 townships; In addition, it also manages two township units.
Minquan County was liberated in 1948 and Shangqiu was founded in 1997. Minquan County belongs to Minquan County of Shangqiu City, with a continental monsoon climate of warm temperate zone. Four distinct seasons, rich in light energy, suitable temperature, rain and heat in the same season. National Highway 3 10, Longhai Railway, Lianhuo Expressway, Zhengzhou-Xuzhou High-speed Railway and Min Zheng Expressway run through Zhengzhou Airport.
There are human and natural landscapes in Minquan County, such as Shuipo, Baiyun Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, the site of Kuikun Alliance Platform, Qiushui Lake and Longze Lake. In 20 16, Minquan county was awarded the title of "hometown of longevity in China" and "hometown of health in China", and was awarded the second batch of national global tourism demonstration zones.
Geographical environment of Quan Min county
Minquan County is located in the east of Henan Province, northeast of Yudong Plain, south wing of Yellow River alluvial fan, west of lankao county, north of Cao Xian County, east of Suiyang District and Ningling County, south of Suixian County and Qixian County. The county is 57.8 kilometers long from east to west and 36.9 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 1.222 square kilometers.
Minquan County is slightly inclined from northwest to southeast, with an altitude of 70 meters in the northwest and 60 meters in the southeast. With the old dike of the Yellow River as the boundary, different landforms are formed in the north and south, with high beaches in the north and yellow slightly undulating plains and aeolian sand dunes in the south.
The rivers in Minquan County belong to Huaihe River system, winding to the southeast, with wide and shallow riverbed, small gradient and slow flow. The main rivers are Old Yellow River, Cao Mao River, Tonghui Canal and Xiaodi River. The flow of the old course of the Yellow River is 32 kilometers long and the maximum storage capacity is 63.64 million cubic meters. The flow length of Tonghui Canal is 32 kilometers; The flow of Xiaodi River is 23 kilometers long.
Minquan County has a warm continental monsoon climate. Four distinct seasons, abundant light energy, suitable temperature, rain and heat in the same season, frequent droughts and wind disasters. Annual average temperature 14℃, extreme maximum temperature 43.6℃, extreme minimum temperature-16℃.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Minquan County