Characteristics of Karamay

Most of Karamay's landforms are Gobi desert, with oblique topography, long from north to south and narrow from east to west. Karamay City is located in the west of Junggar Basin. It is adjacent to Gail Mountain in the northwest, the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain in the south and Gurbantunggut Desert in the east. It is bordered by Buksaier Mongolian Autonomous County in the north and northeast, Toli County in the southwest and Huyanghe City, Wusu City, Kuitun City and Shawan County in the south. The central and eastern parts are open and flat, leaning towards the center of Junggar basin. The widest point of the city is 1 10 km, and the longest point from north to south is 240 km. Karamay has a total area of 7733 square kilometers, and the urban area is about 16 square kilometers. The altitude is between 270 and 500 meters. The urban area is 313km away from Urumqi Highway, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a flying distance of 280km. Dushanzi area in Karamay City is separated from the southern end of Karamay City by Kuitun City, becoming an "enclave" with a distance of 150km from the urban area.

2. Climate characteristics

Karamay city is located in the mid-latitude inland area and belongs to a typical temperate continental climate. Its characteristics are: great difference between cold and summer, dry and little rain, more monsoon in spring and autumn, and great temperature difference between winter and summer. Snow is thin, evaporates quickly and the frozen soil is deep. Strong winds, cold waves, hail, flash floods and other disasters occur frequently. Among the four seasons, winter and summer are long and the temperature difference is large. Spring and autumn are transitional seasons, and the seasonal changes are not obvious. The average annual temperature is 8.6 degrees Celsius. 65438+ 10 is the most Leng Yue, with the monthly average temperature of-15.4℃ and the extreme minimum temperature of -40.5℃, which occurred in Xiaoguai area1984-February 23rd. It was the hottest in July, with the monthly average temperature of 27.9℃ and the extreme high temperature of 46.2℃, which appeared in Baikouquan area of Wuerhe District on June 14, 2004. The sunshine in July is the most, reaching 302.5 hours, and it is the least in 65438+February, only 99.8 hours.

3. Characteristics of natural resources

There are more than 30 kinds of wild animals in Karamay, such as antelope, argali, hare, fox, mouse, wolf, snake, lizard, toad, pheasant, wild duck, swan, sparrow, oriole, magpie, lark, crow and turtledove. There are more than 230 kinds of wild desert plants such as Haloxylon ammodendron, red willow, Populus euphratica, semi-shrub Elaeagnus angustifolia, Lycium barbarum and reed.