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Jiangxi is high in the south and low in the north. It is bordered by hills and mountains, the land generally sloping towards Poyang Lake in the north. Hills and mountains exceed 60 per cent of the province's total area. The mountains are not high and have many natural passages facilitating its links with other provinces. The Mufu, Jiuling, Wugong and Wanyang mountains lie in the west; the Dayuling and Jiulian mountains in the south; the Huaiyu and Wuyi mountains in the east; and Lushan Mountain in the north. There are many red-soil hills and basins in the central-south. The Jian Basin in the middle and the Southern Jiangxi Basin in the south are major farming areas. The Poyang Lake Plain in the north is part of the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Plain. With numerous rivers and streams, fertile soil and a dense population, it is known as a "granary south of the Yangtze River". Lushan Mountain with its main peak towering 1,474 meters above sea level on the lakeshore is a famous tourist spot.
The Ganjiang, Fuhe, Xinjiang, Pojiang and Xiushui rivers flow into Poyang Lake from the south, east and west. The Ganjiang flows through central Jiangxi from north to south and drains half of the province's total area. Poyang is the largest freshwater lake in China.
(china.org.cn)
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