Qinghai topographic maps
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Qaidam Basin
China > Qinghai > Da Qaidam Administrative Zone > Qaidam
Orographically, the Qaidam Basin is a comparatively low area in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau. With an elevation of around 3,000 m (10,000 ft), Qaidam forms a kind of shelf between Tibet to the south (around 4,300 m or 14,000 ft) and Gansu to the north (around 1,100 m or 3,500 ft). A low water…
Average elevation: 2,742 m
Xining
China > Qinghai > Renminjie Subdistrict
The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and was a stronghold of the Han, Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties' resistance against nomadic attacks from the west. Although long a part of Gansu province, Xining was added to Qinghai in 1928. Xining holds sites of…
Average elevation: 2,505 m
Haidong
Haidong has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) characterised by warm to very warm summers, freezing but extremely dry winters, and large diurnal temperature ranges. Temperatures are warmer than anywhere else in Qinghai due to the relatively low altitude, although minima in winter still typically fall below…
Average elevation: 2,758 m
Yushu
With elevations above 3,600 metres (12,000 ft), the prefecture has a harsh climate, with long, cold winters, and short, rainy, and cool to warm summers. Specifically, in the Köppen system, the prefecture ranges from the alpine variation of the subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), to a full alpine climate (Köppen…
Average elevation: 4,472 m
Qumarlêb County
With an elevation of around 4,200 metres (14,000 ft), Qumarlêb County has an alpine climate (Köppen ETH), with long, very cold winters, and short, cool and rainy summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid September to late May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation,…
Average elevation: 4,505 m
Qilian County
Qilian County is in the middle part of the Qilian Mountains, the average altitude of 3169m, 4000m altitude above the alpine zone of snow all year round.The elevation of the county town is 2787m.
Average elevation: 3,253 m
Golog
The lay of the land of the prefecture is largely determined by the Amne Machin mountain range (max elevation 6,282 m), which runs in the general northwest- to-southeast direction across the entire prefecture, and beyond. The existence of the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River, which…
Average elevation: 4,030 m
Tanggulashan
The Tanggula settlement, also known as Marquwo, Tuotuoheyan, or Togtogquwo, is located at 4,535 metres (14,879 ft) above sea level in the central part of Tanggula Mountains, as the town's name indicates. The town's area includes the Geladaindong Peak, a mountain which stands at 6,621 metres (21,722 ft) in…
Average elevation: 4,571 m
Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
China > Qinghai > Gadê County
The lay of the land of the prefecture is largely determined by the Amne Machin mountain range (max elevation 6,282 m), which runs in the general northwest- to-southeast direction across the entire prefecture, and beyond. The existence of the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River, which…
Average elevation: 4,340 m
1m Solar Telescope at 4000m elevation platform, NAOC
China > Qinghai > Mangnai City > Lenghu
Average elevation: 3,926 m