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However, existing geographic knowledge graphs still encounter significant challenges in comprehensive expression of spatiotemporal elements and understanding the intricate relationships and dynamic evolution among geographic entities, space, and time. Therefore, a Spatiotemporal Evolution Hierarchical Representation Graph (STEHRG) is proposed, which consists of three layers: a spatiotemporal ontology layer, a spatiotemporal evolution layer, and a feature situation layer. The STEHRG characterizes the multidimensional state transitions of spatiotemporal entities across various scales and abstraction levels, enabling a comprehensive representation of geographic spatiotemporal evolution. Additionally, this paper introduces a graph data structure-based approach for managing the state features of spatiotemporal entities and their lifecycle dependencies. 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