Terrain: Surrounded by mountains in the south, west and north, the middle is low and flat, and the east is open, with the Weihe River as the central axis, showing a sharp corner and a slot shape. The landforms are divided into three categories: mountains, rivers and plains, with hills as the main category, which is roughly "six mountains, one water and three fields". The South Qinling stretches from east to west, with an altitude of 10003700 meters. The highest point is Taibai Mountain, the main peak of Qinling Mountains, with an altitude of 3,767 meters, which is also the highest point in the province, and the lowest point is Fufeng Kneading Valley, with an altitude of 438 meters. The urban area is 590 meters above sea level.
Climate: It belongs to warm temperate and semi-humid climate. The four seasons are distinct and the monsoon is obvious. Affected by topography, the temperature difference in the valley is very large, and the microclimate is very different. Annual average temperature 13℃, extreme maximum temperature 42.7℃, extreme minimum temperature -25.5℃. The average annual precipitation is 7 10mm, which is called "Guanzhong faucet". The frost-free period is 1 10-220 days. It is prone to drought in early spring and summer and rainy in autumn.
Rivers: mainly Weihe River, Jialing River, He Qian, Qishui River and Shitou River. With the Qinling Mountains as the boundary, the rivers belong to the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
Mineral resources: 23 kinds of lead, zinc, copper, gold, aluminum, silver and coal have been discovered, and non-ferrous metal minerals are dominant. The area is rich in geothermal resources.
Baoji tableland, Sichuan and mountains alternate, which is suitable for the growth of various plants. There are 405 thousand hectares of cultivated land, rich in wheat, corn, rape, vegetables and so on. At present, it has formed a 10 production base for peppers, vegetables, fruits, beans, oilseeds, sericulture, meat, eggs and milk. It is an important production base of grain, oil and agricultural products in Shaanxi Province. The forest area is 643,000 hectares, and natural forests are distributed in Qinling Mountains and Guanshan Mountains. Primitive forests are mainly in Taibai County. Economic trees include apples, walnuts, raw lacquer, chestnuts, persimmons, pears and peaches. Wild fruit trees include kiwifruit, Schisandra chinensis, Vitex negundo, hawthorn and seabuckthorn. There are more than 500 kinds of medicinal materials, including Radix Codonopsis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Cortex Eucommiae, Fructus Corni, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, etc. There are also rare animals such as golden monkey, giant panda, Qinling tiger and giant salamander.
Baoji is an important industrial base in the northwest of China. It has formed 35 industrial categories with machinery, electronics, aviation, aerospace, electric power, medicine, non-ferrous metals, textiles, food, metallurgy, chemicals, building materials, tobacco and alcohol, and gold as its pillars, with 143 production industries and an industrial system capable of producing more than 400 main products. At present, the output of titanium, steel bridges, railway switches and light bulbs ranks among the best in the country; Cigarettes, petroleum drilling equipment, petroleum steel pipes, heavy vehicles, forklifts, motorcycles, washing machines, refrigerators, high-quality liquor, etc. , ranking first in Northwest China and Shaanxi Province; "Golden Monkey" cigarettes are deeply ignored by consumers; More than 80 products such as metal cutting machine tools/kloc-0 have entered the international market; Rocket booster, xifeng liquor and other 1l products won the national gold medal, and 9 products won the silver prize. Six kinds of industrial products, such as "Loyalty" lathe of Baoji Machine Tool Factory, "Super Calcium Phosphate" of Shuangling Chemical Group, "Qin" ordinary lamps of North Lighting Electric Appliance Company, automobile lamps, "Sanxian Instant Noodles" of food company and "Good Cat" cigarettes of cigarette factory, were rated as 65438+.
Longhai, Baocheng (Chengdu) Line and Baozhong (Weifang) Line meet here, which is a transportation hub connecting the Central Plains with the southwest and northwest. The highway forms a radial traffic network with the urban area as the center and five trunk lines as the main body; With the opening of Xi 'an-Baoji high-grade highway and Baotian (water) high-grade highway, the traffic advantage is more prominent.
There are many scenic spots in Baoji, including 62 cultural relics protection units at or above the provincial level, including Famen Temple, the ancestor of Pagoda Temple, Joo Won? site famous for its bronze wares, Diaoyutai where Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion, Zhougong Temple, Tiantai Mountain where Emperor Yan lived, Dabai National Forest Park located in Taibai Mountain, the main peak of Qinling Mountains, etc.