The Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛; leizhou bandao; Liuchow) is a peninsula in southern Guangdong province of southern China.

Geography

Leizhou Peninsula is located on the southwestern end of Guangdong, with the Gulf of Tonkin to the West and the 30-km wide Strait of Qiongzhou to the North. Hainan Island/Province lies to the South of the peninsula.

Geologically, basalt terraces account for 43% of the peninsula's area. The rest is divided up between marine terraces (27%) and alluvial plains (17%). Leizhou Peninsula is dotted with a few inactive volcanoes, beaches and low-lying diluvial plains .

Climate

The peninsula lies in tropical South China. The region is under the influence of continental northeastern monsoons and maritime southeastern and southwestern monsoons. Typhoons occasionally occur, both from the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Annual precipitation is of 1400-1700 mm.

Towns

• Zhanjiang, port city on the eastern coast

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• Stone dogs in Leizhou Peninsula