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On the east coast of Eurasia and the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Northeast China, Dalian stretches from 120 degrees 58 minutes to 123 degrees 31 minutes east longitude and 38 degrees 43 minutes to 40 degrees 10 minutes north latitude. The Yellow Sea is on the east, and the Bohai Sea is on the west. It faces the Shandong Peninsula across the sea on the south and is backed up by the vast Northeast Plain on the north. Dalian is the marine gateway of Northeast China, North China, East China and even the whole world. It is also an important port, as well as a trade, industry and tourism city.

Dalian covers an area of 12,574 square kilometers, among which 2,415 square kilometers of area is the old city. This area abounds with mountains and hills, while plains and lowlands are rarely seen. The terrain, high and broad on the north, low and narrow on the south, tilts to the Yellow Sea on the southeast and the Bohai Sea on the northwest from the center. The region, which faces the Yellow Sea, is long and gentle. The Qianshan Mountain range of the Changbaishan Mountain system passes through the whole region from north to south. Mountainous areas and long eroded foothills are widely dispersed within the region. Plains and lowlands are only interspersed near the confluence and in some valleys. Karst topography and sea erosion topography are commonplace here.