Topography

Under the impact of opposing endogenous and exogenous terrain formation processes, Thua Thien Hue's terrain has been constantly changing during its history of existence and development lasting hundreds of millions of years, especially during the period of existence and development. neo-tectonic period until the present. In terms of location, the current terrain of Thua Thien Hue territory is considered the southern end of the average Truong Son North mountain range, developing in the northwest - southeast direction. Coming to the south of the province, the architecture and northwest - southeast orientation of the Truong Son Bac range were completely changed due to the sudden appearance of the mid-latitude mountain massif that pierced the Bach Ma - Hai Van sea. The general topographical characteristic of the North Truong Son range is that the western slope is gentle, gradually lowering towards the Mekong River, while the eastern slope is quite steep, strongly divided into medium mountain ranges, low mountains, hills and hills. are coastal plains, lagoons, coastal sand dunes and the East Sea, of which about 75.% of the total area is mountains and hills, 24.9% of the area is coastal plains, lagoons and inland sand dunes. copper and shore barriers.

Thua Thien Hue's terrain is divided into types - Medium mountain terrain

- Terrain of low mountain and hilly areas

- Terrain of the coastal plain area

- Topography of the lagoon area and coastal sea