Hongkong Geography

Hong Kong is located at longitude 114 ° 15 ', latitude 22 ° 15', located in the south China coast on the Pearl River estuary in the east of Guangdong Province, China , Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula , the New Territories and 262 inland areas and small islands ( islands ) components. North of Hong Kong , Shenzhen, Guangdong , Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, south Wanshan Islands. Hong Kong and

Macau west across the relative distance of 61 kilometers , south of Guangzhou .

Most of the area of ​​three Hong Kong , Hong Kong Island, about 81 square kilometers ; Kowloon Peninsula, about 47 square kilometers ; New Territories and 262 outlying islands total of about 976 square kilometers , with a total area of ​​about 1104 square kilometers . Hong Kong, a total area of ​​2,755.03 square kilometers jurisdiction in which area of ​​1,104.32 square kilometers of land , water area of ​​1,650.64 square kilometers .

Between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, Victoria Harbour , due to deep water port , surrounded by Embracing ,

 

Favorable sailing vessels , is one of the world's three natural harbor . Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour originally from the plains began to develop , since the area is still the lifeblood of the city of Hong Kong .

Shenzhen River is between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland boundary line . Although it is " a river " while filling between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland land appeared intersection .

Climatic characteristics

Hong Kong has a subtropical climate with high temperatures throughout the year , the annual average temperature is 22.8 ℃. Summers are hot and humid , the temperature is about 26 ~ 30 ℃ between ; winters are cool and dry, but rarely drops below 5 ℃ . Between May and September and rainy, sometimes considerable rain . Between summer and fall , when there is a typhoon , from July to September is more of Hong Kong's typhoon season. Hong Kong's average annual rainfall 2,214.3 millimeters wettest month is August , rainfall month is January at least .

Resource property

Subject to environmental constraints, lack of natural resources, Hong Kong , Hong Kong's most valuable natural resource is an excellent deep-water port . Hong Kong, more than 60% of fresh water consumed rely Guangdong supply . Deposits a small amount of iron, aluminum, zinc, tungsten , beryl , and graphite. Neighboring continental shelf , ocean vast and numerous islands . Fisheries production has exceptional geographical environment. Hong Kong has more than 150 kinds of commercially valuable fish , mainly red shirt , nine sticks, bigeye fish, croaker , yellow belly and squid . Agriculture, Hong Kong, mainly produced small amounts of vegetables, flowers, fruit and rice, raise pigs , cattle, poultry and fish, nearly half of the daily needs of agricultural supplies required in Mainland China .