自然環境
Natural Environment

地理位置
Geographical Location

陜西位于東經105°29'—111°15'、北緯31°42'—39°35'之間，地處中國內陸腹地，東鄰山西、河南，西連寧夏、甘肅，南抵四川、重慶、湖北，北接內蒙古，是連接中國東、中部地區和西北、西南的交通樞紐。中國的大地原點就在陜西省涇陽縣永樂鎮。

陜西下轄西安、寶雞、咸陽、銅川、渭南、延安、榆林、漢中、安康、商洛10個省轄市和楊凌農業高新技術產業示范區；2023年末，陜西省有常住人口3952萬人。

Shaanxi is situated at the hinterland of China at longitude of 105°29'-111°15'east and latitude of 31°42'-39°35'north. It neighbors the provinces of Shanxi and Henan to the east, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Province to the west, Sichuan Province, Chongqing Municipality and Hubei Province to the south, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. With convenient transportation links and a strategic location, it serves as a hub which connects eastern and central China with northwestern and southwestern China. The geodetic origin of China is found in Yongle Town, Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province.

Shaanxi has jurisdiction over 10 provincially-governed cities, namely Xi'an, Baoji, Xianyang, Tongchuan, Weinan, Yan'an, Yulin, Hanzhong, Ankang and Shangluo, as well as the Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone. By 2023, Shaanxi Province has a permanent population of 39.52 million.

地形地貌
Landform

陜西總面積20.56萬平方千米，縱跨長江、黃河兩大流域和中溫、暖溫、亞熱三個氣候帶，自然形成了陜北、關中、陜南三大區域。地域南北狹長，地勢南北高、中間低，有高原、山地、平原和盆地等多種地形，因此陜西省各地氣候、水文、地貌差異較大，特色鮮明。秦嶺全長1600多千米，是中國南北方的分界線。

With a total area of 205,600 square kilometers, Shaanxi spans the basins of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, covering intermediate, warm temperate and subtropical climatic zones. The province consists of three parts：Northern Shaanxi, Guanzhong, and Southern Shaanxi. Topographically, Shaanxi is long and narrow, with higher altitudes in the south and the north and lower elevation in the middle. Within the territory of Shaanxi, there are various landforms, such as plateaus, mountainous regions, plains and basins. Thus, the climate, hydrology and geomorphology vary across the province with distinctive characteristics. The over 1,600 km-long Qinling Mountain Range, is the great provincially-governed between the northern and southern parts of China.

豐沛資源
Rich Resources

陜西是中國的資源大省，已發現礦產138種。陜西礦產資源在全國占據重要位置，巖鹽保有資源儲量位居全國第一位，石油和天然氣位居全國第三位，煤炭、釩礦、水泥用灰巖位居全國第四位，鉬礦和磷礦位居全國第七位，金礦位居全國第九位。陜西也因此成為國家西氣東輸、西電東送、西煤東運的重要能源基地。秦嶺有野生種子植物3800余種，約占全國的15%。大熊貓、金絲猴、朱鹮、羚牛等119種瀕危野生動物在此生息繁衍。陜南秦巴山區擁有豐富的水資源，開發水力發電潛力巨大，并且是中國南水北調中線工程的水源涵養地。

Shaanxi is a key province rich in resources in China and 138 types of minerals have been found here. It specifically enjoys an important position in the country in terms of mineral resources, with its rock salt reserve ranking first, reserves of petroleum and natural gas ranking the third, reserves of coal, vanadium and limestone used for cement ranking the fourth, reserves of molybdenum ore and phosphate ranking the seventh, reserve of gold ranking the ninth in China. Therefore, Shaanxi has become an important energy base for the west-to-east transmission of gas, electricity and coal in China. The Qinling Mountain Range is home to over 3,800 wild seed plants, accounting for about 15% of the national total, and 119 endangered wild animals, including the panda, the golden monkey, the crested ibis and the takin. The Qinling-Daba Mountainous Range in Southern Shaanxi is rich in water resources and has enormous potential for exploitation of hydropower. It is also a water source for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.