What are the climatic characteristics of Hotan, Xinjiang?

Climatic characteristics of Hotan, Xinjiang;

Hotan area is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, and the west and north are separated by Pamir and Tianshan Mountains, so the cold air in Siberia is not easy to enter. The Kunlun Mountains and Karakorum Mountains in the south blocked the warm and humid airflow from the Indian Ocean, forming an extremely arid desert climate in the warm temperate zone.

The main features are: four distinct seasons, hot summer, cold but not cold in winter, rapid and unstable temperature rise in spring, frequent cold in late spring, windy and dusty weather in autumn, and rapid temperature drop; The annual precipitation is scarce, the sunshine is abundant, the heat is abundant, the frost-free period is long, and the temperature difference between day and night is large.

The climate is characterized by sandstorms and floating dust in spring and dry heat in summer, with an average annual precipitation of 35mm and an annual evaporation of 2,480mm.

There are many sandstorms in four seasons, with more than 220 days of sandstorms every year, including about 60 days of thick floating dust (sandstorms), and the average number of floating dust days in Hotan increases by 2.5 days per year. There is no first-class or second-class weather, with 28 days of third-class or fourth-class weather and about 300 days of fifth-class weather, and the average monthly dust fall 124 tons/square kilometer.

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Desertification control has become a beautiful business card in Hotan area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. From 65438 to 0989, Hotan County was awarded the Top 500 Environment by the United Nations Environment Programme. 65438-0995 Hotan was awarded the "Global Achievement Award of Land Degradation and Desertification Control" by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Over the years, in accordance with the development strategy of "building ecological civilization, achieving good ecological goals, accelerating the pace of sand prevention and control, striving to improve the ecology and develop the economy of sand areas", Hotan area has made efforts to create a new situation of sand prevention and control, effectively curbed the expansion trend of desertification land, scientifically utilized existing sand sources, and significantly improved the living environment.

The forest coverage rate in the whole region has increased from 65,438 0.4% in 2000 to 65,438 0.52% at present, and the oasis forest coverage rate has reached over 30%.

Leaders attach importance to it. 1991September, Hotan took the lead in setting up a leading group for the coordination of sand prevention and control in Xinjiang, which tilted towards sand prevention and control in all directions from the aspects of policies, funds and teams, held a joint meeting on sand prevention and control every year, decomposed the objectives and tasks layer by layer, and implemented the responsibilities to units and personnel, and the tasks to the year and plots.

It has formed a good situation that "the main leaders take overall responsibility, the leaders in charge are specifically responsible, and the four teams work together, one after another, and a blueprint is drawn to the end", which has effectively promoted the development of sand prevention and control work.

Combined with reality, classified treatment. For a long time, Hotan area has taken measures such as "sealing outside, planting on the edge and retreating inside" to carry out classified management, and vigorously implemented the green ecological project of sand control, the project of returning farmland to forests, the "Three North" shelterbelt project and the small watershed management project of soil and water conservation, which expanded the living and development space and significantly improved the ecological environment.

According to the fifth monitoring data of desertification, the area of desertification land in Hotan decreased by 470 square kilometers compared with 2004; The sandstorm weather has decreased from the past 220 days to the present 170 days.

Build a platform to promote development. The construction of the green ecological project for sand control has effectively improved the ecology, attracted a number of large enterprises to settle in Hotan, and developed and formed a characteristic industry in the sand area focusing on characteristic fruit trees, desert Chinese herbal medicines, desert roses, sand bricks and desert tourism. The development of sand industry has played a positive role in increasing farmers' income and accelerating regional economic development.

Carrying out embedded development mode and promoting national unity. In recent years, Hotan has built an embedded residential pilot project in the unused desert hinterland. In the newly-built village, all ethnic groups live together, realizing the role of spreading planting and breeding techniques, and also enabling all ethnic groups to learn from each other, help each other and enhance their feelings in agricultural production and rural life.

The construction of "embedded" project is not only conducive to achieving the "five in one" goal of national unity, expanding employment, getting rid of poverty and becoming rich, preventing and controlling desertification and building a new type of urbanization in Hotan area, but also will have a positive and far-reaching impact on social stability and long-term stability in Hotan area.

People's Network-Hotan Desert Control in Xinjiang Becomes a Bright Business Card