What is Turpan rich in?

Turpan, Xinjiang is mainly famous for its rich fruits and cotton, among which grapes, cantaloupes and long-staple cotton are the most famous.

Turpan is rich in fruits mainly because of the photothermal characteristics of geography. Turpan basin is rich in light and heat resources, with long sunshine time, high temperature and large temperature difference between day and night. The annual sunshine hours reach more than 3000 hours. Due to the barrier of Tianshan Mountain in the north, the frost-free period in Turpan reaches 268.6 days per year on average, and the longest one reaches 324 days, which is the longest place north of the Great Wall of China.

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Turpan is located in the middle of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, between 4112 ′-43 40 ′ north latitude and 8716 ′-9155 ′ east longitude. It borders Hami in the east, and is bordered by Hejing, Heshuo, Yuli and Yulin in Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in the west and south.

Turpan city belongs to a typical continental warm temperate desert climate, with abundant sunshine, sufficient heat but extremely dry, scarce rainfall and frequent winds, so it is called "volcanic island" and "wind reservoir". The annual sunshine hours here are about 3000-3200 hours, which is about 1000 hours more than that in the eastern part of China at the same latitude.

The locals are known as "roast chicken eggs in the sand nest" and "toast on the stone". The extreme minimum temperature in winter is-28.7℃; The daily temperature difference and annual temperature difference are large, the effective accumulated temperature is above 10℃ and above 5300℃, and the long-term frost-free period is about 2 10 days. Because of the hot and dry climate, it seldom rains here. The average annual precipitation is only 16.4 mm, while the evaporation is as high as 3000 mm or more.

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