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How about Karamay, Xinjiang

Karamay, Xinjiang is a very good prefecture-level city. Karamay 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. The north and northeast are bordered by Buksaier Mongolian Autonomous County, the southwest is bordered by Toli County, and the south is bordered by Wusu County and Shawan County. The central and eastern parts are open and flat, leaning towards the center of Junggar basin.

The widest point of Karamay 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.

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.