Jiangsu is bordered by the Yellow Sea to the east, the Huai River to the north, the Yangtze River to the south, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the middle. It has many rivers and lakes, is the province with the lowest average elevation in China, and ranks first in the country in terms of the proportion of both plains and water surface. The journey into Jiangsu begins on an island in the Yellow Sea, encountering the beautiful danling cranes in the largest wetland by the Yellow Sea, and then flying south along the coastline to reach the mouth of the Yangtze River, tracing the past life of a port.
江苏东临黄海,北有淮河,南有长江,中间是京杭大运河。境内河湖众多,是中国平均海拔最低的省份,平原和水面的占比均位列全国第一。