淮安,原名淮阴,取“淮河安澜”、“淮水之阴”之意,可以说,因淮水而得名的淮安,起源于淮水,受害于淮水,同时也得利于淮水。淮安地处淮河下游,1万平方公里的国土面积,直接承泄淮河上中游15.8万平方公里的来水,洪泽湖、白马湖、高邮湖、宝应湖等湖泊镶嵌其间,著名的京杭大运河横贯南北,全市有80％的土地面积处在设计洪水位线以下,是名副其实的“洪水走廊”。淮安的兴衰,历来与淮河息息相关,淮安经济社会发展史,就是一 Huai’an, formerly known as Huaiyin, takes the meaning of “the Huaihe River” and “the Yin of Huai River”. It can be said that Huai’an, named after the Huai River, originated from the Huai River and suffered from Huai River. It also benefited Huai River. Huaian is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, 10,000 square kilometers of land area directly to the central Huaihe upstream 158,000 square kilometers of incoming water, Hongze Lake, White Horse Lake, Gaoyou Lake, Baoying Lake and other lakes set in the meantime, the famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Across the north and south, the city has 80% of the land area below the design flood level line, is a veritable “flood corridor.” Huai’an’s rise and fall, has always been closely linked with the Huaihe River, Huaian economic and social development history, is one