The hottest place in China is
Turpan is one of the hottest places in China and is called Huozhou. It is the location of the Flame Mountain in the Journey to the West, and Wu Cheng'en, with the highest temperature of 49.6℃ (83.3℃ on the surface), is a veritable furnace city in China. According to the national high temperature map released by central weather bureau in recent 30 days (June 20th to July 19), the highest temperature in Turpan is over 40℃.
The extreme high temperature reached 46℃ on June 28th, 2022 and 45℃ in July, 2022. According to meteorological statistics, from June to August, 2022, there were 78 days of high temperature above 35℃, including 49 days of extreme high temperature above 39℃ and 46℃, making Turpan the hottest city in China.
Introduction to geology and geomorphology of Turpan;
Turpan is an olive-shaped intermountain basin in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by mountains. The basin starts from Alashan Goukou in the west and ends at the west of Qijiaojing Canyon in the east, with a length of 245 kilometers from east to west. In the north is the foothills of Bogda Mountain; South to Kurutag Mountain, about 75 kilometers wide from north to south. The discovery of ancient fish and dinosaur fossils here proves that it was once a sea. Due to the crustal movement, it gradually turned into land and the basin began to form.
Turpan basin has experienced Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary geological ages, and is an ancient basin gradually depressed. Especially during the Himalayan orogeny 30 million years ago, Bogda Mountain in the northern margin of the basin rose sharply, while Kuruktag Mountain in the northern and southern margins of the basin rose slightly, and the fault between the two mountains collapsed, eventually forming an asymmetric basin with high north, low west and narrow east. There are Flame Mountain and Wula Mountain in Bolto in the middle, which cross the territory and divide the local area into two parts: south and north.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Turpan