What is the altitude of Lhasa?
Lhasa is one of the tallest cities in the world. Lhasa, Tibet belongs to the plateau area, so you should be careful of altitude sickness when entering Lhasa. The altitude of Lhasa is slightly higher than that of Linzhi. For visitors to Tibet, there are two places to adapt to the plateau environment after entering Tibet, one is Linzhi and the other is Lhasa.
When the altitude reaches about 2700 meters, altitude sickness will occur. Altitude sickness does not happen to everyone, and it varies from person to person. First of all, we should not be genuinely afraid of altitude sickness. The construction and strengthening of psychological quality is a good medicine to overcome high anti-psychology. Lhasa is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and educational center of Tibet, and also the holy land of Tibetan Buddhism. Sunny all year round, less rainfall, no cold in winter, no heat in summer, and pleasant climate. The level of agriculture and animal husbandry in the city is relatively high, mainly planting highland barley, wheat and rape.
Introduction to the geographical environment of Lhasa:
1, landform
Lhasa is located in the middle of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an altitude of 3,650 meters. It is one of the tallest cities in the world. Its terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and it slopes from east to west. The south-central part is the valley plain in the middle reaches of Lhasa River, a tributary of Yarlung Zangbo River, with flat terrain. Nyainqentanglha Snow Mountain stands 100 km north of Lhasa and Namco on the northern edge. The highest point of the mountain is 7 1 17 meters above sea level.
2. Climate
Lhasa belongs to a semi-arid monsoon climate zone, with a plateau temperate zone. The annual sunshine hours are 3,000 hours, which is 1.800 hours more than Chengdu, Sichuan, and 1.000 hours more than Shanghai, the largest eastern city in China. It ranks among the best in China, so it has the reputation of "Sunshine City". Lhasa is located on the north side of the Himalayas. Affected by the downward flow, the weather is sunny all year round, with little rainfall, no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer, and it belongs to the semi-arid monsoon climate in the temperate zone of the plateau.
3. Hydrology
Lhasa's mother river is Lhasa River, which originates from Pengcuola Kongmagou in Jia Lili at the southern foot of Nyainqentanglha Mountain. It flows through Naqu, Dangxiong, Linzhou, Mozhugongka, Dazi, Chengguan and Duilong Deqing and reaches Qushui County. It is a large tributary of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, with a total length of 495 kilometers and a drainage area of 3 1.760 square kilometers. The maximum flow is 2830m3/s, the minimum flow is 20m3/s, and the annual average flow is 287m3/s. ..
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lhasa