Natural environment



Shaoxing is located in the north of zhejiang, the south of Hangzhou Bay. The total area of Shaoxing is 8255.73 square kilometers.
There are many rivers and lakes in Shaoxing. The Jian lake is very famous and has become very important tourist attraction.And also there are many forests where a lot of animals live.The water resource is very plentiful.
A web of rivers and lakes enable Shaoxing to have a rich water resource of 5.88 billion cubic meters.Some 17000 hectares of water are available for fresh water aquaulture.
The city¡¯s reserve of iron and copper minerals accounts for 70% of zhejiang Province ,and its reserve of diatomaceous earth ranks the first in china.The city has 169,000 hectares of arable land.A very long history of the city leaves Shaoxing civilization heritages in many urban and rural places.There are 194 relics protection and another 47 under provincial protection. There are over 3600 cultural locations which are very famous in china.