Urban landform is one of the basic geographic elements, which determine the formation of the city and the layout direction of development. In this study,Xianyang City was chosen as the study site. DEM data was analyzed and landform maps of elevation, slope and aspect were generated using ArcGIS software. The results indicate that the landform of the city was consisted of river floodplains, T1 terrace, T2 terrace, T3 ter-race and Loess Plateau, elevated from Weihe River. The terrain was dominantly flat (0~~5~) , accounting for 83.6% of the total area, with lands of gentle slope (5-15) accounting for 11.8, and a small portion land with steeper slopes. Approximately 61% of the total area faces southwest, south and southeast, and the southeast faced land accounted for 34.6%. The land facing northwest, north and northeast occupied approxi-mately 18.9% of the total area. The development of urban construction mainly occurred along the Weihe River and the transportation and drainage systems were influenced by the terrace landform.