Editing Chongqing (section)

===Physical geography and topography===
[[File:Chongqing Map.png|thumb|Topography of Chongqing]]
Chongqing is located in the [[subtropics]], situated in the transitional area between the [[Sichuan Basin]] and the plain on the middle and lower reaches of the [[Yangtze]]. Its climate features frequent [[monsoon]] conditions, often raining at night in late spring and early summer. The city's "night rain in the Ba Mountains", features in poems throughout Chinese history, including "Written on a Rainy Night—A Letter to the North" by [[Li Shangyin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bystander.homestead.com/bashan.html |title=Tang poetry: Night rain in the mountain in Bashan |access-date=19 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816081726/http://bystander.homestead.com/bashan.html |archive-date=16 August 2016}} Bashan Poems</ref> Its territory is {{cvt|470|km}} from east to west at its longest, and {{cvt|450|km}} from north to south at its widest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.cq.gov.cn/AboutChongqing/1921.htm |title=Location of Chongqing |publisher=Chongqing Municipal Government |access-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630165944/http://en.cq.gov.cn/AboutChongqing/1921.htm |archive-date=30 June 2012}}</ref> It borders [[Hubei]] and [[Hunan]] to the east, [[Sichuan]] and [[Shaanxi]] to the north, and [[Guizhou]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/ProvinceView/163947.htm |title=Chongqing 2005 - The Year in Review|access-date=6 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024230840/http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/ProvinceView/163947.htm |archive-date=24 October 2016}} Chongqing's bordering provinces</ref>

[[File:Baidicheng view Fengjie - Mapillary (ZsSRPZW9wVqEzptb5peJrY).jpg|thumb|The Qutang Gorge on the Yangtze]]
Chongqing covers a large area crisscrossed by rivers and mountains. The [[Daba Mountains]] stand in the north, the [[Wu Gorge]] in the east, the [[Wuling Mountains]] in the southeast, and the [[Dalou Mountains]] in the south. The area slopes downward from north to south towards the Yangtze valley, and features a large [[massif]] of mountains and hills, with steep sloping areas at different heights.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mountains in Sichuan and Chongqing |url=http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/china/sichuan-and-chongqing/sights-nam_class:31425.html |author=Chongqing Topography |publisher=Fodors.com |access-date=10 December 2013  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213182509/http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/china/sichuan-and-chongqing/sights-nam_class%3A31425.html |archive-date=13 December 2013  }}</ref> [[Karst]] landscape is common in this area, and stone forests, numerous collections of peaks, [[limestone]] caves and valleys can be found in many places. The ''Longshuixia Gap'' ({{lang-zh|龙水峡地缝}}), with its [[Three Natural Bridges]], has made the region a popular tourist attraction. The Yangtze River runs through the whole area from west to east, covering a course of {{cvt|665|km}}, cutting through the Wu Mountains at three places and forming the well-known [[Three Gorges]]: the Qutang, Wuxia and Xiling gorges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctg.com.cn/en/ |title=The Three Gorges Corp |publisher=Ctg.com.cn |access-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213211201/http://www.ctg.com.cn/en/ |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Coming from northwest and running through "the Jialing Lesser Three Gorges" of Libi, Wentang and Guanyin, the [[Jialing River]] joins the Yangtze in Chongqing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yangtze River |url=http://www.cnto.org/journeys/yangtze-river/ |publisher=Chinese National Tourism Office, US Chinese Embassy |access-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114532/http://www.cnto.org/journeys/yangtze-river/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Poem quote
 | title = Li Bai's Poem of Chongqing's [[Baidi Cheng]]
 | quote = Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud,
I've sailed a thousand li through canyons in a day.
With the monkeys' adieus the riverbanks are loud,
My skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away.
}}

The central urban area of Chongqing, called Chongqing proper, is built on mountains and partially surrounded by the Yangtze and Jialing rivers. With its special [[topography]], Chongqing's topography includes mountains, rivers, forests, springs, waterfalls, gorges, and caves. The [[Tang dynasty]] poet [[Li Bai]] was inspired by the natural scenery and wrote this [[epigram]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poemhunter.com/li-po/ |title=Poems of Li Bai |via=Poemhunter.com |access-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627195909/http://www.poemhunter.com/li-po/ |archive-date=27 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Zhongliang ({{zhi|c=中梁山}}) and Tongluo ({{zhi|s=铜锣山}}) mountains roughly form the eastern and western boundaries of Chongqing's urban area. Several high mountains are situated outside central Chongqing, including the {{cvt|1709.4|m|abbr=on}}-high Wugong Ling Mountain in Jiangjin.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}