How many meters above sea level is Qinghai Lake?

Qinghai Lake is 3196m above sea level. Qinghai Lake Scenic Area is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 0/36 km away from Xining City, 99 36' ~100/6' east longitude, 36 32' ~ 3715' north latitude, surrounded by mountains, with Datong Mountain in the north and the sun in the east.

The elevation of Qinghai Lake is 3196m, the average water depth is18.6m, the deepest point is 32.8m, and the shoreline is 360km long. East-west length 106 km, north-south width 63 km, area 4583 square kilometers, water capacity 85.4 cubic kilometers.

The lake is surrounded by four towering mountains: Datong Mountain in the north, Sun Moon Mountain in the east, Nanshan Mountain in Qinghai in the south and Rubber Mountain in the west. These four mountains are all between 3600 and 5000 meters above sea level. Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4,456 square kilometers and has a circumference of more than 360 kilometers, which is more than twice that of the famous Taihu Lake.

Extended data

Qinghai Lake Scenic Area in Qinghai Province belongs to plateau continental climate, with abundant sunshine and strong sunshine. Leng Xia is cool in winter, with short warm season and long cold season, and there are many strong winds and sandstorms in spring; Less rainfall, rain and heat in the same season, and clear dry and wet seasons. The sunshine hours in the lake area are mostly more than 3000 hours, which is about 700 hours higher than that in the same latitude area east of Qinghai. The annual sunshine percentage is 68 ~ 69%.

The temperature in the east and south of the lake area is slightly higher, with an annual average temperature of 1. 1 ~ 0.3℃. It is slightly lower in the west and north, with an annual average temperature of -0.8 ~ 0.6℃, an average maximum temperature of 6.7 ~ 8.7℃ and an average minimum temperature of -6.7 ~ 4.9℃.