Yangzhou is located in the middle of jiangsu province, north bank of the Yangtze river, south jianghuai plains. Jurisdiction area in east longitude 119 ° 01 '- 119 ° 54', north latitude 31 ° 56 'to 25 ° 33', south near the Yangtze river, north borders in huaiyin, yancheng, and yancheng, taizhou, adjacent to the east, west and anhui, jiangsu nanjing, huaiyin border. Yangzhou city is located at the junction of the Yangtze river and the grand canal east longitude 119 ° 26 ', north latitude 32 ° 24 '. The city of the city's total area of 6638 square kilometers, 148 square kilometers, the planning area of 420 square kilometers.
Terrain of yangzhou in the west and low in, fan gradually tilted from west to east, yizheng city, HanJiang county, northern suburbs of yangzhou city for the hills, east of the grand canal, tong Yang for lixia river area, north of the canal for the plain along the river and lake area. Along with the Yangtze river within the territory of coastline of 80.5 km, yizheng, HanJiang corporation, jiangdu county 2 city; Communicate across hinterland, the beijing-hangzhou grand canal from north to south, baoying, gaoyou, charming Shao Bo 4 lake, connecting the Yangtze river, the total length of 143.3 kilometers. In addition, the main river and river, big treasure Tong river, north river, tong Yang canal, new tong Yang river, etc.
Yangzhou city climate humid subtropical climate zone, winter prevailing northerly winds of dry and cold, summer is blowing from the sea more humid southeast to the east wind, spring for the southeast wind, the autumn northeaster. Annual average temperature of 15 ℃, annual average rainfall of 1030 mm.
Yangzhou is given priority to with mineral and aquatic resources, HanJiang, jiangdu, gaoyou one with abundant oil and gas resources, oil field is located in yangzhou, jiangsu province. Coal reserves are quite rich in jiangdu, yizheng, corporation HanJiang hilly mountain area is rich in sand, gravel, quartz and other mineral resources, northern city of yangzhou and yizheng, gaoyou corporation is rich in mineral water. Jiang, river and lake, and is rich in fish, shrimp, crab, turtle, Jane spider, charge, reed, etc. The city's cocoon, mat grass, clay, such as pu, reed resources are rich.