How many meters above sea level is Maqu County?

Maqu County has an altitude of 3300-4806 meters.

Maqu County is located in the southwest of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Animaqing Snow Mountain (Jishishan) in the Kunlun Mountains runs across the center of the county from west to east. The west-facing mountains of the West Qinling Mountains stretch from north to south into the northern part of the county, forming a terrain where Maqu is higher in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with the height decreasing from northwest to southeast. The altitude within the territory is between 3500 and 3800 meters, with rugged peaks, steep mountains, criss-crossing ravines, and rapid rivers. To the southeast is the second-level terrace of the Yellow River, with a flat surface.

The climate of Maqu County belongs to the plateau continental alpine and humid zone. It is alpine and windy and rainy (snow). There are no four seasons, only cold and warm. The cold season lasts 314 days, which is long and cold; the warm season lasts 51 days, which is short and mild. Rainfall is concentrated, sunshine is abundant, radiation is strong, and there is no absolute frost-free period. The annual average temperature is 1.2℃. The growth period of pasture is 190 days. The average annual sunshine is 26,912 hours, the sunshine rate is 61%, and the average sunshine during the pasture growth period is 55 to 68 hours.

Recommended tourist attractions in Maqu County:

1. The First Bridge of the Yellow River

The First Bridge of the Yellow River. Located 4 kilometers away from the county seat, it is the first bridge built in Maqu on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, so it is known as the first bridge. It was built in 1979. The length of this bridge is 280 meters and the width is 7.5 meters. The First Bridge of the Yellow River has two major landscapes. The first is "arch bridge expansion day". When the sun rises in the morning, standing on the west side of the bridge, when the sun rises to the arch surface, it feels like the arch bridge is holding up the sun, which is quite spectacular. The second is "the sunset over the long river".

2. Dashui Spring

It is located 20 kilometers east of the county town on the Langma Highway (Langmusi to Maqu). Because a spring gushes out at the foot of the majestic west-facing mountain, its The water is so big that it gets its name. The spring is in the shape of a funnel-shaped pool, about 0.4 meters deep, with more than 10 springs at the bottom. It gushes out a large amount of water and forms a river when it flows out. The water is sweet and refreshing. In 1979, Maqu Fishing Ground experimented and successfully cultivated rainbow trout native to California, USA.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Maqu County