Natural Environment

Qingdao is a hilly city by the sea, featuring a tortuous coastline interspersed with capes and bays. It has Mount Lao in the east, Dazhu Mountain, Xiaozhu Mountain, and Tiejue Mountain in the west, Daze Mountain in the north, and Jiaolai Plain in the middle. There are three river systems, namely, Dagu River, North Jiaolai River and rivers in coastal areas, as well as three bay clusters including Jiaozhou Bay, Aoshan Bay and Lingshan Bay. Qingdao has a coastline of 782 kilometers, 49 bays, and 120 islands. Qingdao's coastline accounts for a quarter of the total coastline of Shandong Province.