Climate characteristics of Xinjiang

Xinjiang is far away from the ocean and located deep inland. It is surrounded by high mountains and is difficult to reach by ocean air currents, forming an obvious temperate continental climate. The temperature difference is large, the sunshine time is sufficient (annual sunshine time reaches 2500-3500 hours), the precipitation is small, and the climate is dry. The average annual precipitation in Xinjiang is about 150 mm, but the precipitation varies greatly from place to place. The temperature in southern Xinjiang is higher than that in northern Xinjiang, and the precipitation in northern Xinjiang is higher than that in southern Xinjiang.

In the coldest month (January), the average temperature in the Junggar Basin is below minus 20°C. The absolute lowest temperature in Fuyun County on the northern edge of the basin once reached minus 50.15°C, making it one of the coldest regions in the country. one. In the hottest month (July), the average temperature in Turpan, known as the "Fire Continent", is over 33°C, and the absolute highest temperature has reached 49.6°C, ranking highest in the country.

Due to the huge daily temperature difference between spring and summer and autumn and winter in most areas of Xinjiang, there has always been a saying of "wearing a fur coat in the morning and wearing gauze in the afternoon, and eating watermelon around the stove".

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The snow and glaciers of the three major mountain ranges in Xinjiang have gathered into more than 500 rivers, distributed in the basins in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the largest of which is the Tarim River (China The largest inland river), Ili River, Irtysh River (flowing into the Arctic Ocean), Manas River, Ulungu River, Kaidu River and more than 20 other rivers.

There are countless oases on both sides of many rivers, and the scenery outside the Great Wall is rich in "ten miles of peach blossoms and thousands of willows". Xinjiang has many lakes with beautiful natural landscapes, with a total area of ??9,700 square kilometers, accounting for more than 0.6% of the total area of ??Xinjiang. Among them, the top ten famous lakes are: Bosten Lake, Lake Aibi, Brento Sea, and Ayagekuri. Lake, Sailim Lake, Aqigkule Lake, Whale Lake, Jili Lake, Aksayi Lake, Aisiman Lake.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xinjiang