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Location & Topography of Hainan
Island
Where is Hainan
Island in China
Location & Topography of Hainan
Island:
Hainan Island is China's most southerly province and the
country's second largest island after Taiwan, located in the South
China Sea about 60 minutes south of Hong Kong by air. The closest
city by flight to Hainan Island is Guangzhou (Canton), only 50
minutes to Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Island. Visitors
could also
reach
Hainan Island by Ferry/Boat, Train and Bus.
With a landmass of about 34,000 sq km, Hainan
Island is made up of Hainan, Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha islands.
The province has a total coastline of about 1,529 km and covers a
sea area of about 2.1 million sq km.
Hainan Island
is a vaulted mountain which is high in the middle with lower
elevations on its surrounding areas. Its coastlines is 1528
kilometers long with sandy beaches. Hainan Island is a combination
of Mountains (25.4%), hills (13.3%), mesa (32.6%), and savanna
(28.7%). Many swimming areas are less than 2 meteres' deep, with
bottoms full of sand, as far as 200 meters out from the shore.
If a single word can sum up Hainan Island's landscape, that
word would be "green". Featuring a disparate mix of smooth
beaches, rugged coastlines and jagged inland mountains, more than
50% of Hainan Island is covered with forest. In fact, Hainan
Island is home to five primeval forest areas, being: Wuzhishan
Forest Area, Bawangling Forest Area, Jiangfengling Forest Area,
Diaoluoshan Forest Area and Limushan Forest Area.
ALTHOUGH often compared with
Hawaii or the Mediterranean coast, Hainan Island is best
viewed as a destination in its own right with its own unique
personality. Like other tropical islands, Hainan Island offers
visitors clear blue waters, white sand beaches, lush green highlands
and an abundance of palm trees that sway in the warm breeze. But
Hainan Island's unique history as part of China, its many and
colorful indigenous peoples and its boundless ambition to establish
itself as an international tourism centre all blend together to give
Hainan Island a flavor of its own.
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