Jiuquan lies in the west end of Hexi corridor northwest of Gansu province. It sits among Arijin mountain, Qilian mountain and Mazong mountain (north peak).(Longitude,latitude.)Jiuquan city lies east to Zhangye city and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, south to Qinghai province, west to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, north to People’s Republic of Mongolia. It is 680 kms long , 550 kms wide and the totle area is 191.2 thousand square kilometers which takes 42% of Gansu province. There are Suzhou zone, Yumen city, Dunhuang city, Jinta county ,Anxi county, Subei county and Akesai county in Jiuquan area taking Suzhou district as its government which is political﹑ economical and cultural center of the city. It has a population of nearly 100 million. There are 24 groups including Han, Mongolia. Kazakhstan and Hui nationalities and so on. It is a brighting pearl in golden area of the ancient Silk Road, what is more, it is a charming and lifeful district.
　　Jiuquanˊs southern part is higher than the northern, while the southwest leans to the northeast. South Jiuquan's Qilian mountain chain has a strain of high mountains which are cliffy and mountainous form 3,000 to 5,000 m. From east to west comes: Qilian mountain peak﹑Taolai mountain﹑Daxue mountain﹑Yema mountain﹑Arijin mountain﹑South Danghe mountain and Sairiteng mountain. In the south ,when elevation comes to 4,000 meters above, the district full of glacier which has snow covered all the year round becomes talik, and it is cradle of all the rivers. There are Sugan Lake basin﹑Shibao Castte basin﹑Changma Bastile basin and lots of smaller basins among the hills. The midst, part of the Hexi corridor, is famous for its agriculture. If we take knurl region of the Jiayu pass as a boundary, to east is Jiuquan and Jinta basin, west is Anxi﹑Dunhuang and Yumen basin. Jiuquan basin has a height above the sea-level from 1,350 to 1,500 meters, the southern is part of inclining plain of the Qilian mountain chain. which is a bit higher about 1,500 to 1,800 meters. When it comes to northeast, it becomes lower gradually, till it goes to north of the Jia mountain the height reaches 1,340 meters. The fanning alluvial plain strain which is to north of the Jia mountain, is so-called Jinta basin. Its southern part is 1,400 meters high to north of the Jia mountain, the northern is 1,200 meters high to south of Bei mountain. The Hei river devides Bei mountain form Tiancheng to northeast, when it reaches Dingxin it forms Hegu plain where hilly area is 1,300 meters high while plain district is 1,100 meters to 1,200 meters high ,and this is so-called Dingxin basin. Anxi﹑Dunhuang and Yumen basin which is made of a strain of basins and plains are wide alluvial plain of Shule river basin. There are Chijin basin (1,700 m high), Huahai basin (1,200 m high), Yumen county plain (1,400 m high), Bulongji plain(1,300 m high), Tashi basin(1,080 m high), Anxi delta plain (1,170 m high), Xihu basin (1,080 m high), Dunghuang plain (1,100 m high),and Pinyuan hollow(1,000 m high)which is out of old Yumen pass from east to west one by one.
　　The north part which adjoins Bei mountain are wide deserts known as Gobi desert regions. The wide Bei mountain called Mazong mountain chain is part of Alashantai which is 1,500 to 2,000 meters high with peak mountain 2,583 meters high.The wind has been blowing surface of mountain massif to gravel because of dried Climate. It becomes latent plains as a result of strong wind and fluvial outwash.