Jilin,JilinSinioraistheabbreviationforthefullsemanticsalong,meaningthatalongtheSonghuaRiver.SonghuaRiverisamajortributaryoftheAmur,madefromTianchinorthwest,istheprovince'slargestrivertour,itswatershedfortheNortheastPlain,Woyeqianli.Upstreamabundantwaterresourcesavailableforpowergeneration,midstreamnavigableriverisanimportantindustrialandagriculturalareas.SonghuaRiveralluvialsoilbroughtabouttheformationoftheSongliaoPlain,extendingfromthecentralprovincetothewest,andtheSongnenPlaininHeilongjiangandLiaoningLiaohePlainphase.

　　吉林省具有丰富、优势和得天独厚的旅游资源，自然景观千姿百态，人文景观独具特色。景色宜人的长白山国家级旅游区，“雄山托天池,林海藏珍奇”，是世人瞩目的神奇之地。区内景点荟萃，以白头山天池、长白群峰、长白瀑布、长白温泉最为著名。长白山脉在省境东南部的连绵起伏，一直延伸至朝鲜半岛北部。主峰白头山海拔二千七百多公尺，是中国东北部最高山峰。白头山四周有众多火山遗址，长白山天池（火山堰塞湖）便是遗址之一。