What is the coldest place in China?
Genhe city, a county-level city in Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is the coldest city in China, and is known as the "China Cold Pole". The annual average temperature is -5.3℃, 1 month average temperature is close to -30℃, the extreme minimum temperature recorded by county-level weather stations is -5 1.5 с, the extreme low temperature recorded by weather stations is -58℃, and the average temperature in July is 18 ~ 20℃, but it has also appeared 30℃.
However, because the legendary "-58℃" was measured by Jingling Checkpoint in genhe city, Inner Mongolia in the early morning of June 5438+February 3 1 2009, and the data was recognized by the professional team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, genhe city officially became the "China Cold Pole". However, the record has not been officially recognized by the Meteorological Bureau.
Mohe is the coldest place in China in the geography book of People's Education Edition, which is probably related to Mohe's greater fame. After all, genhe city was founded 1994. It used to be a small town with inconvenient transportation, and few people knew about it. As the northernmost part of China, Mohe will be known by more people.
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Geographical location and humanity of Genhe River
Genhe city is located on the western slope of the northern Daxinganling Mountains in Inner Mongolia, the northernmost part of Hulunbeier City. It is the city with the highest latitude and the coldest climate in China, and its extreme low temperature is about -58℃, so it is called "China Cold Pole". Genhe is a homonym of Mongolian "Gegengaole", which means "clear and transparent river".
This is a city with reindeer tribal culture. Ewenki hunters are the last hunting tribe in China, accompanied by reindeer for generations. With more than a thousand reindeer, it is the largest reindeer breeding base in Asia and the only one in China.
Genhe city is famous for its cold. April and September have been dripping into ice, but there is still a cheerful "ice-free river" gurgling. No matter how low the temperature is, the river has never frozen for years. Not only will it not freeze, but also a large number of aquatic plants will grow, forming a unique winter landscape.
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