Where is the Flame Mountain Scenic Area and why is it so hot?

Speaking of the Flame Mountain, I believe many friends will think of the pictures in Journey to the West. The Monkey King borrowed a banana fan and crossed the Flame Mountain. However, there is a place called Flame Mountain in reality, so where is it? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao!

1. Where is the Flame Mountain Scenic Area?

Huo Yan, known as Chishi Mountain in ancient times, is located on National Highway 3 12 in Gaochang District of Turpan City, on the northern edge of Turpan Basin and on the north road of the ancient Silk Road, with an east-west trend. It is located at 10 km east of Turpan, at Urumqi 183 km east of Shanshan county, at 98 km east of Hami city, at 450 km south of Ruoqiang county and at 290 km north of Qitai county.

2. Data flow information

Take the shuttle bus from Turpan Bus Station to Huo Yan Scenic Area.

Self-driving: just navigate and search for "Flame Mountain Scenic Area".

3. Why is the Flame Mountain so hot?

The reason why Flame Mountain is so hot is mainly because of the long-term continental arid desert climate in this area. This kind of climate generally occurs in the inland areas of the mainland with high altitude. Although Turpan basin is a basin, its altitude still exceeds the sea level. Because the Flame Mountain goes deep inland, the water vapor at sea is imported from the east of China. After rounds of terrain climbing, most of the water vapor has been exhausted before entering the western and northwest regions.

This leads to the scarcity of annual rainfall in volcanic mountainous areas, which is also the reason for the long-term high temperature in this area. On the other hand, the water vapor imported from the other side of Tianshan Mountain is blocked by Tianshan Mountain, and the airflow sinks and heats up, resulting in the foehn effect, which makes the climate in Huo Yan dry and hot. Moreover, in summer, the flame mountain has a long illumination time, and the temperature rises rapidly during the day. In view of the above reasons, the extreme high temperature weather in Huoyan Mountain is caused by geographical location and climatic conditions, but some climatologists believe that the essential reason for this extreme high temperature on the surface is not geographical location and climatic conditions.

So what is the essential reason for the extreme high temperature on the surface of the Flame Mountain? The answer is global warming. This climate problem has a far-reaching impact on the global scale, but people only see the obvious changes brought by climate problems from the North and South Poles, high latitudes and other places, and those areas with high temperature climate are easily ignored by people, resulting in climate warming only affecting local areas.

Take Flame Mountain as an example, the average temperature in this area is higher than that in most places every year, which is due to the unique continental climate in this area. So when the surface temperature of the Flame Mountain is 77 degrees Celsius, many people think that this is a normal phenomenon of the Flame Mountain. In fact, there is the influence of climate warming behind it. In fact, in addition to the extreme high temperature in the Flame Mountain in Xinjiang, the extreme high temperature weather in central North America and the extreme high temperature weather in the Middle East some time ago are also considered to be behind the "trouble" of climate warming.