Seek the geographical location and natural resources of Tianzhu County

Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County is located in the middle of Gansu Province and the south of Wuwei City. Located in Hexi Corridor, at the eastern end of Qilian Mountain, between east longitude10207 ′ ~10346 ′ and north latitude 3631′ ~ 3755 ′. East-west width 142.6km, north-south length 158.4km, and area 7 149 km2, accounting for 0/.54% of Gansu Province and 2/.5/kloc-0% of Wuwei City. Jingtai County in the east, Menyuan, Huzhu and Ledu counties in Qinghai Province in the west, Yongdeng County in the south, Liangzhou District and Gulang County in the north and Sunan County in the northwest. Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway and 3 12 National Highway pass through the territory. Huazang Temple, the county seat, is 45km away from Lanzhou/KLOC-0, 80km away from Zhongchuan Airport and 0/35km away from Wuwei/KLOC-0 in the northwest. The county has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 1 1 township, 17 residents' committees, 172 villagers' committees and 758 villagers' groups. By the end of 2005, the county's total population was 5387 1 household and 2 12957, including 22 ethnic groups, including Tibetans, Hans, Tu, Hui, Mongolians, Manchu, Dongxiang, Yugur, Uigurs, Miao, Zhuang, Baoan and Salar, among which 82702 were ethnic minorities. The population density is 30 people per square kilometer.

Located at the intersection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Loess Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau, the territory belongs to the northeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an altitude of 2,040-4,874 meters. The landform is mainly mountainous, with mountains and rivers, criss-crossing valleys and many mountains. Wushaoling, located in the middle of the county, is the throat of the ancient Silk Road, the gateway to the Hexi Corridor, and the watershed between the inland river and the outflow river. Rivers are widely distributed and rich in water resources, which are divided into Shiyang River system (inland) and Yellow River system (outflow). The annual runoff of surface water is 65.438+0.24 billion cubic meters, and the groundwater recharge is 420 million cubic meters.

With Wushaoling as the boundary, Lingnan has a continental plateau monsoon climate, while Lingbei has a temperate continental semi-arid climate with an average annual temperature of -8 ~ 4℃. The vertical distribution of climate zone is very obvious, and the climate in small areas is complex and changeable, and natural disasters such as drought, hail, flood, frost and snowstorm often occur.

The county has 310.8 million mu of cultivated land, 5.87 million mu of grassland and 2.869 million mu of natural forests. The main crops are wheat, rape, peas, highland barley, potatoes, barley and vegetables. The main livestock breeds are white yak, horse on her hips, alpine fine-wool sheep, cashmere goats, yellow cattle, yaks, donkeys and mules. The main tree species are spruce, pine, cypress, birch, poplar and other shrubs such as willow, golden plum, seabuckthorn, rhododendron, Berberis, Caragana and so on. Precious wild animals include snow leopard, Shiyang, snow chicken, blue pheasant, red deer, musk deer, lynx and so on. Wild Chinese herbal medicines mainly include velvet antler, musk, codonopsis pilosula, astragalus root, notopterygium root, rhubarb, Gentiana macrophylla, cordyceps sinensis and so on. Rich in mineral resources, 22 kinds of minerals have been proved, with occurrences 134. Non-ferrous minerals mainly include iron, manganese, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, gold, titanium and rare earth. Non-metallic minerals mainly include coal, gypsum, phosphorus, barite, limestone, quartzite, dolomite, clay, kaolin and oil shale.