The Gansu

      Gansu is located in the hinterland of northwest China, in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, bordering Shaanxi in the east, Sichuan in the south, Qinghui and Xinjiang in the west, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia in the north and bordering the Mongolian People's Republic. Take the initials of Ganzhou (now Zhangye) and Suzhou (now Jiuquan). Because Xixia once set up Gansu Military Department, Yuan Dynasty set up Gansu Province, referred to as Gan for short; Because most of the province is to the west of Longshan (Liupanshan), and Longyou Road was set up here in Tang Dynasty, it is also referred to as "Long". Lanzhou, the provincial capital.

        Gansu has complex and diverse landforms, including mountains, plateaus, plain rivers, valleys, deserts and Gobi, with complete types and staggered distribution, and the terrain inclines from southwest to northeast. The terrain is long and narrow, with a length of 1655 kilometers from east to west, a width of 530 kilometers from north to south, and only

甘肃位于中国西北腹地，黄河上游，东与陕西接壤，南与四川接壤，西与清辉和新疆接壤，北与内蒙古和宁夏接壤，与蒙古人民共和国接壤。取赣州（今张掖）和苏州（今酒泉）的首字母。由于西夏曾设甘肃兵部，元朝设甘肃省，简称甘；由于该省大部分地区在龙山（六盘山）以西，而龙游路在唐代就设置在这里，因此也被称为“龙”。省会兰州。

甘肃地形复杂多样，有山地、高原、平原河流、河谷、沙漠、戈壁等，类型齐全，分布交错，地势由西南向东北倾斜。地形狭长，东西长1655公里，南北宽530公里，最窄处仅25公里。地貌复杂，大致可分为陇南山、陇中黄土高原、甘南高原、河西走廊、祁连山和河西走廊北部六个地形区。

甘肃气候类型多样，从南到北依次为亚热带季风气候、温带季风气候、温和大陆性（干旱）气候和高原高山气候。年平均气温0℃～15℃，大部分地区气候干燥，年平均降水量40～750毫米，干旱和半干旱地区占总面积的75%。主要气象灾害有干旱、暴雨、洪水、冰雹、大风、沙尘暴和霜冻等。