Altitude of Delingha City, Qinghai Province
The average altitude of Delingha City is 2,980 meters.
Delingha City is located on the northeastern edge of the Qaidam Basin, between 96°15′~98°15′ east longitude and 36°55′~38°22′ north latitude, with a total area of 27,700 square meters. kilometers, of which the urban area is 25 square kilometers.
Delingha City is located in the northwest of Qinghai Province and belongs to the Qilian Mountains and Qaidam Basin in terms of geomorphological units. Geotectonically, the Qaidam Basin is part of the Qinling-Kunlun-Qilian geosynclinal fold system and is a Mesozoic sag basin.
The zonal basement fault in the center of the basin roughly along 37°20′ (i.e., the Zongwulong mountain front zone) controls the nature of the new tectonic movement in the basin. The western part of the basin and the northeastern part of the basin to the north of this fault line , has been rising slowly since the Tertiary Period, forming a hilly belt mainly composed of Tertiary System and middle and lower Pleistocene sandstones. Extended information
Climate:
Delingha City belongs to the plateau continental climate zone, which is characterized by high cold and hypoxia, dry air, less rain and more wind, and four seasons throughout the year. Delingha City is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with abundant sunshine and abundant sunshine. The amount of solar radiation is 160-175 kcal/cm2, and the annual sunshine is 3554 hours.
Resources:
Delingha is rich in wind energy resources, with an average annual wind power density of 50-100 watts/square meter. Wind energy is available for 3,500-5,000 hours throughout the year, with an occurrence frequency of 50-70%, and Delingha City is one of the main distribution areas for planned wind power plants in Qinghai Province.
Delingha City is also rich in wild yak, wild ass, snow leopard, musk deer, blue sheep, gazelle, snow chicken, sea buckthorn, wolfberry, Cynomorium cynomorium and other well-known domestic and foreign wild animal and plant resources. The area of rivers and lakes is 2,067 square kilometers. Gahai Lake, 30 kilometers south of the urban area, contains rich natural Artemia resources.
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