The Natural Resources of Xijiang Town
Xijiang town is located on the gentle slope of the river valley, surrounded by mountains, with overlapping mountains and terraced fields up the mountain. The northeast is close to Leigong Mountain, a national nature reserve, with the highest elevation of 204 1 m and the lowest elevation of 760 m at Liancheng estuary. The territory is undulating, with higher terrain in the southeast and lower terrain in the northwest. There are many streams in the territory, and 12 streams originating from Leigong Mountain, a national nature reserve, converge into five main streams and flow out of the town. Water resources are very rich. At present, eight small hydropower stations have been built with installed capacity of 1.695 kw. Taking Qianhu Miao Village as an example, the national river length is 16.8km, and the drainage area is 65.39km2, with an average gradient of 45.7%. The maximum flood 1 085 ′, the flow rate is 455m3/s, the low flow rate is 0.25m3/s, and the annual average flow rate is1.84m3/s. At present, there are1silicon ores in Kaijue and Baishui Rivers, which mainly contain arsenic, lead and zinc. Kaijue Mine can be mined for more than 50 years. Other natural resources are rich in forest resources and water resources, and the forest coverage rate is 85. 15%. There are many plants, such as fir, pine, Liquidambar formosana, chestnut, green bar, camphor, tea seeds and azaleas. There are hundreds of tree species and medicinal materials, fruit trees and tea trees, such as cinnamon, galangal, medlar, Eucommia ulmoides and gallnut.