Located in the central Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou stands by the north bank of the Yangtze River at the southernmost part of the Jianghuai Plain. It is located 119°01'-119°54' east longitude and 31°56'-33°25' north latitude. It faces the Yangtze River on the south, and borders Huaiyin and Yancheng on the north, Yancheng and Taizhou on the east, and Tianchang (in Anhui Province), Nanjing and Huaiyin on the west.
Yangzhou has 80.5 kilometers of coastal line along the Yangtze River. The Grand Canal from Beijing in the north to Hangzhou in the south passes through the city proper, totaling 143.3 kilometers. Actually, Yangzhou is right at the junction of the Yangtze River and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Yangzhou covers an area of 6,638 square kilometers with its city proper and its planned area being 148 and 360 square kilometers respectively. It has hilly land in Yizheng Hanjiang and the northern suburbs, the riverside areas in the east of the Canal and in the north of Tongyang Canal, and plains along the Yangtze River and the lakes. It has big lakes spread over such as White Horse Lake, Baoying Lake, Gaoyou Lake and Shaobo Lake.

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