How many meters above sea level is Zhaotong?

Zhaotong City is an important gateway for Yunnan Province to Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, an important channel for Central Plains culture to enter Yunnan, one of the three cradles of Yunnan culture, and the hub of China's "Southern Silk Road", which is known as "the key is in southern Yunnan and the throat is in western Sichuan". It is an important channel for Yunnan to connect the Yangtze River Economic Belt and Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, and a two-way corridor for the mainland to South Asia, Southeast Asia and Yunnan to the mainland.

Zhaotong city is rich in hydropower resources, with three giant power stations: Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba and Baihetan. Its coal and sulfur reserves rank first in the province, and it is the world's high-quality Gastrodia elata provenance base, the world potato highland planting capital, the largest high-quality apple base in southern China, and the hometown of bamboo in China. In 2022, Zhaotong achieved a regional GDP growth of 3.7% over the previous year.

The geographical environment of Zhaotong:

1, location and area

Zhaotong City is located at the junction of Yunling Plateau and Sichuan Basin, between east longitude10252 ′ ~10519 ′ and north latitude 26 55 ′ ~ 28 36 ′. Bijie City, Guizhou Province in the east, Qujing City, Yunnan Province in the south, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province in the west and Jinsha River in the north.

2. Topography

Zhaotong City has a high terrain in the southwest and a low terrain in the northeast, which is a typical mountainous tectonic terrain with high mountains and deep valleys. The average elevation of the whole city is1.685m, of which the resident of the municipal government is1.920m, with the highest elevation of 4040m (Yaoshan, Qiaojia County) and the lowest elevation of 267m (Gunkanba, Shuifu County).

3. Climatic conditions

Zhaotong City has many mountains and great differences in altitude, which has the characteristics of plateau monsoon three-dimensional climate. There is little difference between the four seasons in Zhaotong, but the climate at different altitudes is very different. From high altitude to low altitude, there are plateau climate, temperate climate and subtropical climate. At the same altitude, the temperature in the south of Zhaotong is higher than that in the north, and the humidity is lower than that in the north.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhaotong City