Climate Type
　　The Climate here belongs to northern subtropical monsoonal climate with high altitude of the sun, solar radiation 2057.2 hours and frost-free period 238 days. It has distinctive seasons, characterized by medium temperature, abundant rainfall and adequate sunshine. The annual average temperature is 15.5oC and average relative humidity reaches 76%. There are mainly east winds and East-Northeaster all the year round. Secondly are East-northeast winds. The average wind speed reaches 3.1m/s. Its average air pressure is 1.014*105PA and average rainfall is 1070.1mm. Its average foggy day is of 26.1 and yearly thunderstorm days of 28.2.

Hydrological Environment
　　The main river source is the Yangtze River. The main water system belongs to fluviomaritime section of stream with daily twice flood tide and ebb tide separately. The average delayed tide time is 3 hours and 25 minutes. The yearly average tide is 0.96m with average flow speed of 1.00 m/s (medium water level) and many years mean flow rate of 28600m3/s.

Air quality
Yearly Mean Concentration of SO2 0.038 mg/m3 (above State Grade-П)
Yearly Mean Concentration of NO2 0.033 mg/m3 (above State Grade-П)
Yearly Mean Concentration of respirable particulate 0.105mg/ m3
Yearly Mean rate of sulphation 1.46 mg SO3/ (100cm2 tablets ) ·d
Natural city dust fall content 12.5 t/km2 ·month (above local standard)

Geology
　　The main terrain of this zone is hills and plain rivers, including partial uplands that are composed of yellow-brown soil and rocks. Hills are mainly composed of yellow soil. The land loading capacity is higher than surrounding areas. The historical record shows that there is no seismic focus earthquake and no destructive earthquake in Zhenjiang.