It is connected with Ningxian County and Changwu County in Shaanxi Province in the east, Chongxin County and Kongtong District in the west, Lingtai County in the south and zhenyuan county in the north. Jingchuan County, the best producing area of high-quality apples in China, is located at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road and is the hinterland of Chinese civilization.

Jingchuan is located at the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road, with a long history, numerous cultural relics and rich tourism resources. There are mainly "South Cave Temple", Wang Mu Palace Grottoes, South Cave Temple Stone Monument, Wang Mu Palace Reconstruction Monument, Zhenhai Monument, Jin Da 'an Iron Bell, county-level protected cultural relics and 1300 pieces of cultural relics.

In recent years, three major tourist attractions, Wang Mu Palace, South Grottoes and Hot Springs, have been comprehensively developed, and the cultural tourism of the Queen Mother of the West has attracted attention at home and abroad, receiving more than 80,000 tourists every year. There are 430 species of plant resources in 9 categories, including grain, oil, vegetables, melons, trees, flowers, forage grass, weeds and medicinal materials.

geographical environment

1, landform

Jingchuan County is a typical loess hilly and gully region, which inclines from northwest to southeast, with an altitude of 930-1460m. The hilly and gully region accounts for 63.4% of the total area of China, with undulating ridges and criss-crossing gullies. In addition, the broken plateau area and the river valley area account for 23.6% and 9.4% of the total area respectively.

2. Climate

Jingchuan County has a continental climate, with four distinct seasons, little fluctuation of cold and warm, and rainfall is mostly concentrated in summer. Annual average temperature 1 1.4℃, frost-free period 174 days. The average annual rainfall is 555 mm, sunshine lasts for 2,274 hours, and the relative humidity is 70%. There are many northeast winds all the year round, and the annual evaporation is 1339.6 mm. Natural disasters include drought, flood, hail, wind and thunder, pests and diseases, etc., among which drought is the main one.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingchuan County