Map of Qinghai Province
Geography of China: Qinghai Province (Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture)
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, abbreviated as "Haixi Prefecture",
Located in the north of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the west of Qinghai Province,
In the center of the intersection of the four provinces and regions of Qinggan, Gansu, and Tibet,
It was once an auxiliary route of the ancient "Silk Road" to the Western Regions;
It is a transportation hub connecting Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu and the northwest hinterland of the motherland;
It is connected with Haibei Prefecture, Hainan Prefecture, Guoluo Prefecture and Yushu Prefecture,
It borders Gansu Province, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Tibet Autonomous Region.
The total area is 325,800 square kilometers, and the population is less than 480,000.
There are 3 county-level cities under its jurisdiction: Delingha, Golmud,
Mangya City (in February 2018, the Mangya Administrative Committee and the Cold Lake Administrative Committee were merged to establish);
3 counties: Dulan County, Wulan County, Tianjun County;
There is also a dispatch agency, the Dachaidan Administrative Committee, which administers the town of Chaidan and the town of Xitieshan in the autonomous prefecture;
The State People's Government is stationed at No. 16, Ulan East Road, Delingha City.
The territory of Haixi Prefecture is dominated by the Qaidam Basin surrounded by Kunlun Mountain, Arjin Mountain and Qilian Mountain.
The Qaidam Basin covers an area of 25.6 square kilometers, accounting for 85.28% of the total area of the state.
The terrain is high in the northwest, low in the southeast,
From the edge to the center, the basin consists of five landform types: high mountains, hills, Gobi, plains, and limnhes.
The climate is typical of alpine dry continental climates: precipitation is scarce and the climate is dry.
There are more than 160 large and small rivers in the state, and there are more than 40 rivers with water all year round.
Such as the Nalengrad River, bukha river, Qaidam river, Shule river, Golmud river, etc.;
There are more than 90 lakes,
Among them, the Charkhan Salt Lake is the largest, with an area of 5856 square kilometers.
There are medicinal plants such as ephedra, suoyang, goji berries, rhubarb, gentian, licorice, etc.;
Wood plants include spruce, cypress, poplar, willow, white thorn, etc.;
Forage plants include early maturing grass, flat grass, stalk grass, sand jujube, wild onion, mustard grass, pearl bud indigo and so on.
The main waterfowl are black-necked cranes, swans, spotted geese, red-hemp ducks, fish gulls, herons and geese;
Rare wild animals include wild camels, wild yaks, wild donkeys, Tibetan antelopes, white-lipped deer, red deer,
Pan sheep, rock sheep, Tibetan hartebeest, goose-throated antelope, snow leopard, lynx, stone chicken, snow chicken, etc.
The main minerals are oil, natural gas, coal, raw salt, potassium, magnesium, lithium, strontium, asbestos, glauber's salt and so on.
Map of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Mangya City consists of the Mangya Administrative Committee and the Lenghu Administrative Committee)
The main attractions in Haixi Are:
Golmud Kunlun Tourist Area, Chaka Salt Lake in Ulan County,
Delingha City, Haixi Prefecture Bayin River Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Wulan County Jinzi Sea Water Conservancy Scenic Area,
as well as Golmud Qarhan Salt Lake, Golmud Poplar Forest Nature Reserve,
Coco Siri Nature Reserve at the junction of Qinghai-Tibet, Golmud Goladandan East Glacier,
Former site of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway Construction Headquarters (General Building), Golmud Tanggula Pass,
Golmud Mongolian Customs Garden, Golmud Jade Everest,
Golmud Martyrs Cemetery, Golmud Kunlun Pass,
Golmud Kunlun Park, Golmud West Queen Mother Yaochi,
Delingha City Koluk Lake - Tosu Lake Wetland Nature Reserve,
Delhi City Qaidam SouLin Nature Reserve, Delhi City Cypress Hill,
Alien Site in Delingha City, Haixi State Ethnographic Museum in Delingha City,
Delingha City Baigong Mountain, Delhi City Aliteng Deringha Temple,
Delingha Gahai National Wetland Park, Delingha City Baishui River Ruins,
Delhi Astronomical Observation Base, Delhi Black Rock Mountain Reservoir,
Red Army Ditch in Delingha City, Shell Mountain (Liang) in Dulan County,
Nomuhong Ruins in Dulan County, Taventariha Ruins in Dulan County,
Dulan Arak Lake National Wetland Park, Dulan International Hunting Ground,
Dulan County Shehana Dang - Kecuo Natural Scenic Area, Qaidam River Basin Wetland,
Dulan County Hot Water Hot Spring Scenic Area, Dulan County Xiangride Temple,
Dulan County Kao Xiao Tu Natural Landscape, Dulan County Shrimp Peak,
Mountain scenery and ice peaks in Shule, Tianjun County, Shijingyuan in Tianjun County,
Tianjunjiro Cave, Tianjun Mountain, Tashi Gunai,
Rock paintings of Lumangou in Tianjun County, Tianjun Buhahe National Wetland Park,
Tianjun County Lushan Rock Paintings, Tianjun Stone Scripture Temple,
Tianjun Stone Forest, Harihatu Forest Park, Ulan County,
Ulan Dulan Lake National Wetland Park, Ulan County Dulan Temple,
Ulan County Keke Salt Lake, Cold Lake Quinty Big Salt Flat,
Cold Lake Saishten Mountain, Cold Lake Cowherd Weaver Lake,
Cold Lake Sugan Lake, Cold Lake Dezong Mahai Lake Big Salt Flat,
Cold Lake Yadan Landform (Qinghai Devil City), Dachaidan Mahai,
Little Chai Dan Lake and Big Chai Dan Lake, Big Chai Dan Hot Spring,
Mangya City Aral Grassland, Mangya City Huatugou,
The first discovery well in Qinghai Oilfield, Qinghai Thousand Buddha Cliff, etc.
Haixi's specialties and cuisines are:
Cordyceps qinghaiensis, Qaidam goji berries,
Tibetan carpet, Tianjun yak,
Tianjun Tibetan sheep, Tanggula yak,
Tanggula Tibetan sheep, Golmud Mongolian sheep,
Ulanchaka sheep, Ulanchaka salt,
Prairie yellow mushrooms and anchovies, Bird Island Easter eggs,
Lake Kruk Chinese river crab, hand-caught lamb,
Qinghai winter fruit pear, Dulan goji berries,
as well as Golmud mixed ginseng fruit, dry mix (ramen),
Delingha, Tao Yu,
Kunlun Mountain mineral water, Delingha yogurt,
Dulan Snow Lotus, Qaidam Yellow Cow,
Qaidam horses, offal,
Milk skin (dry cheese), Qaidam camel,
Qinghai heel (fried pasta), yak down,
Coarse pure wool, etc.