Because there is Linhe River in the east of the city and Tonghe River in the west, it is named Lintong.
Lintong District has a profound historical origin. After Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, it has always been the capital of the capital. Because there is Linhe in the east of the city and Tonghe in the west, it is named Lintong.
"Lintong County Chronicles" said: "Xiangfu changed its name, and Lintong and Tong rivers surrounded the county, so it was named Lintong." Lintong District was renamed Lintong from Zhaoying County in the Tang Dynasty in the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1015), the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. Lintong is so called because it is surrounded by Lin and Tong rivers in the east and west of the city.
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The topography of Lintong
The landform of Lintong District can be divided according to its shape, including mountains, rivers, platforms and plateaus, and is a structural landform. As far as the geomorphological basement structure is concerned, it is part of the Weihe River fault depression, and is also due to the dominant control of the Qinling East-West Structural Belt and the Neocathaysian (NNE) tectonic system in the area.
So the geomorphological tectonic movement not only has the characteristics of ladder-like faults in the north and south, but also has the characteristics of uplift and subsidence of the east-west fault blocks. Therefore, in addition to the Weihe River fault basin, another basin has produced A series of secondary fault blocks and depressions form uplifts and depressions of varying sizes and heights, thus laying the foundation for modern landform outlines.
The uplifted area developed into loess hills and plateaus, and the depressed area became river valley plains and piedmont alluvial fan skirts. As the Wei River meanders through the middle of the area from west to east, Lishan Hengling again stands tall. To the south, there are mountains, rivers, terraces and plateaus in the old area.
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