方城县位于南阳盆地的东北部，北依伏牛山，东南连桐柏山，东北扼守南阳至中原的通道。自古以来就是连接江汉平原和中原腹地的纽带。这里河流纵横，县北部、东部、东南部水东流汇入沙河，属淮河水系；余皆南流汇入汉江，属长江水系。县境内文物古迹较多，遗址多分布在河流两岸 Fangcheng County is located in the northeast of the Nanyang Basin. It is bordered by Funiu Mountain to the north, Tongbai Mountain to the southeast, and the channel from Nanyang to the Central Plains in the northeast. Since ancient times is the link between the Jianghan Plain and the hinterland of the Central Plains. Here the vertical and horizontal rivers, county north, east, southeastern water into the Shahe, east, belongs to the Huaihe River; Yu Jie south into the Han River, is the Yangtze River. Historical relics in the county more sites are located in the river banks