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Position : 23¡ã08'55" N 113¡ã29'23"
E
located in the mouth of Zhu Jiang River.
Channel : depth / 8.6 meters; length/ 63 miles.
Temperature : annual average 21.9¡ã, the highest
temperature is 38.7¡ãC and the lowest is 0¡ãC.
Wind : from April to August wind direction more
from the southeast; from September to next year March,
more from the northeast, tropic cyclone more occure in
summer and autumn.
Precipitation : annual precipitation is 1720 mm
and nearly 60% falls in the period from April to August.
Ice : ice-free port.
Fog : annual average 25 days, normally occured in
the early morning, and disapeared after sunrise.
Hydrology : spring and neap tide changes every half
day irregularly with water level rising of 3.87 meters
in the highest and -0.24 meters in the lowest, tide difference
is 1.64 meters, rising tide speed 1.03 meters per second,
ebb tide speed 1.29 meters per second.
Hinterland : the port covers provinces
of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou,
Sichuan and ports of Henan, Fujian and Jiangxi.
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