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| Jiaxing is situated at longitude 120o18¨-121o18¨E and latitude 30o15¨-31oN. It falls into the sub-tropicalzone and enjoys four distinct seasons, mild temperature, fertile land, sufficient sunshine and rainfall. The annual average temperature: 15.7≧, non-frost period: 230 days, annual sunshine: over 2000 hours, annual rainfall: 1,199mm. The landform of Jiaxing is mostly flat land, occupying 88.1% of the total area. The rest comprises of water surface 10.7% and hills 1.2%. The average elevation is 3.7 m. Jiaxing has 121 km of coastline and over 40 km is suitable for construction of seaports. |
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，Type of soil: clay
，Soil loading: 20 ton/m2
，Height of surface water level: 1.5m
，The main hypocenters, distance and degree:
，the main hypocenters in this region which are
more than 600 km away from Jiaxing lie in the East China sea and Yellow sea with the most intense earthquake of magnitude 5 on Richter scale.
，The likelihood of earthquake: Jiaxing is not suited in
thequake-prone geological belt. The recorded earthquakesin its 7000 years-long history were less than magnitude2.3 on Richter scale
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，Air quality level: Grade II Air pollution index
(API): 65
，Annual average temperature: 15.7≧
，Annual average relative humidity: 72% Max
relative humidity: 90 - 93% Min relative humidity:
8 - 13%
，Rainy season: January, April, June, December
Annual average rainfall: 1,199mm Max rainfall (mm/h): 88.1 (Sep. 14, 1961)
，Snow season: January - February
，Average Wind Speed: 3.4m/sec
Max Wind Force: 10.8m/sec Direction of wind: March-August, SE; September-February, NW | |
