How many meters above sea level is Naqu area?

The average altitude is over 4500 meters.

Naqu is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Xizang Autonomous Region. Located in northern Tibet, between Tanggula Mountain, Nyainqentanglha Mountain and Gangdise Mountain, it is about 1 156 kilometers long from east to west and 760 kilometers wide from north to south. It is adjacent to Changdu in the east, Ali in the west, Lhasa and Linzhi in the south, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in the north. It has a total area of 369,674 square kilometers and a total population of 50 1.3 million.

Located on the southern slope of Tanggula Mountain, the northern foot of Nyainqentanglha Mountain and the eastern end of Qiangtang Plateau. Mountains are distributed continuously, divided by many lake basins, and lakes are scattered all over the place. The average altitude is over 4500 meters. It is cold and oxygen-deficient, and the climate is dry. The annual windy day is about 100 day, the annual average temperature is-2.65,438+0℃, the coldest day can reach-30-40 degrees, and the annual sunshine hours are more than 2,886 hours.

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The northwest of Naqu is relatively high in altitude. Because it is located in the branch or residual vein of Nyainqentanglha Mountain, there are many peaks, steep terrain and obvious height difference, all of which are above 5500 meters above sea level. The highest Sangding Sangkang Mountain is about 6500 meters above sea level.

The northern part belongs to Tanggula mountain area, which is a typical plateau mountainous terrain with an irregular oval shape. Tanggula Mountain is roof-shaped, located in the middle, with high terrain in the middle, low terrain in the north and south, high terrain in the west and low terrain in the east. It gradually descends from 6600 meters in the middle to 4700 meters in the north and 4500 meters in the south, with an average altitude of more than 5200 meters. The mountains in this area extend from east to west, mainly including Tanggula Mountain, Toljiu Mountain (Little Tanggula) and Sanka Mountain (Shengrigong Mountain).

The eastern part is a plateau mountain with an altitude of 3,800-4,500m, with an average altitude of about 4100m. The terrain inclines from northwest to southeast, and the altitude gradually decreases. The western region is more than 4400 meters above sea level, with many low mountains and hills; The eastern part is more than 3800 meters above sea level, mountainous and mountainous.

Due to the complex terrain, except for some alpine grasslands in a few places, the rest areas are steep and steep, and deep valleys are formed between mountains. The height difference between the foot of the mountain and the top of the mountain exceeds 1000 meters.

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