Is Turpan the hottest place in China?

Turpan, known as the "volcanic island" and famous for its hot and dry weather, is recognized as the highest temperature area in China. Turpan is located in the intermountain basin of the East Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, with more than 2,000 square kilometers of lowlands below 100 meters above sea level.

The basin makes hot air accumulate, which makes it difficult to exchange with the outside air, so it is extremely hot. Historically, the highest temperature in Turpan reached 47.7 degrees Celsius, and the surface temperature reached 75.8 degrees Celsius. There is a saying among local people that "eggs are steamed in the sand nest and bread is baked on the stone".

Extended data Turpan is an olive-shaped intermountain basin in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by mountains. The basin starts from Alashan Goukou in the west and ends at the west of Qijiaojing Canyon in the east, with a length of 245 kilometers from east to west. In the north is the foothills of Bogda Mountain; South to Kurutag Mountain, about 75 kilometers wide from north to south.

There are Flame Mountain and Wula Mountain in Bolto in the middle, which cross the territory and divide the city into north and south. At the bottom of the basin, the water level of Lake Aiding is155m, which is the lowest basin in China and the second lowest basin in the world after the Dead Sea in Jordan with an altitude of 39 1 m.. Turpan basin has a mountainous area of 9,850 square kilometers and a plain area of 59,863 square kilometers.

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