Which direction does Shanghai belong to?

Location of Shanghai: the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary, the coast of the East China Sea.

Shanghai is located between east longitude120 52' and north latitude12212', covering an area of 6,340 square kilometers. It is located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, the eastern edge of the Asian continent, the midpoint between the north and south coasts of China and the confluence of the Yangtze River and Huangpu River. It borders the Yangtze River in the north, the East China Sea in the east, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west.

Shanghai is an excellent tourist city, a famous historical and cultural city, and one of the largest economic center cities in China. Shanghai is located in the front of the Yangtze River Delta in China, bordering the East China Sea in the east, Hangzhou Bay in the south, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west and the Yangtze River estuary in the north. It is located in the middle of the north and south coastlines of China. In recent years, it is developing rapidly to an international metropolis at an alarming rate and has become a dazzling pearl in the East.

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topography

Shanghai is a part of the alluvial plain in the Yangtze River Delta, with an average elevation of about 2. 19 meters. The highest altitude is Dajinshan Island in Hangzhou Bay, Jinshan District, with an altitude of 103.70 meters.

There are relics of tianmashan, Xue Shan and Phoenix Mountain in the west, and tianmashan is the highest point on the land, with an altitude of 99.8 meters. There is a stone tablet "the top of Sheshan". There are rock islands such as Dajinshan, Xiaojinshan, Fushan (Guishan), Sheshan Island and Xiaoyangshan Island in the sea area.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghai