Which province is Hoh Xil in?

Hoh Xil is located in Qinghai Province.

Hoh Xil, which means "beautiful girl" in Mongolian, is one of the main source areas of the Yangtze River. Located in the northwest of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, sandwiched between Tanggula Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, most of the surrounding areas are ethnic minority areas. It borders Xizang Autonomous Region in the west and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest corner, covering an area of 83,000 square kilometers.

The no-man's land in Hoh Xil is the third largest in the world and the largest in China, and it is also the last piece of natural land that retains its original state. There is no barrier around, and the terrain is steep, with an average elevation of more than 5000 meters. The climate here is cold and windy all the year round, with the annual average temperature below -4℃ and the coldest temperature reaching -40 degrees. ?

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Geomorphological Characteristics of Hoh Xil Nature Reserve

1, basic features of landforms The Hoh Xil area in Qinghai is located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with a high terrain, with an average elevation of more than 4,600 meters. The highest peak is 6860 meters above sea level and the lowest point is 4200 meters above sea level.

2. Climatic and Geomorphological Features The main types of climatic landforms in this area are glacier landforms, periglacial landforms, flowing water landforms, lake landforms and wind landforms.

3. River and lake landforms This area is the intersection of the Liuhu area in Qiangtang and the north source water system of the Yangtze River. In the east, the Chumar River is the north source water system of the Yangtze River. It provides rainwater and groundwater, mainly seasonal rivers.

4. Geomorphological development According to geological data, the Tethys Sea in this area finally disappeared at the end of Jurassic, and all of them were invaded by the sea. The 2000-meter-long marine Jurassic section at the western end of Wulan Wula Mountain is of great significance to the study of paleontology and paleogeography.

5. In the late Pliocene earthquake, the altitude of the primitive plateau in Hoh Xil was about 1000m, and the plateau surface rose about 4,000m in Quaternary, which was the fastest-growing area in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the most active zone of modern structures in western China, and one of the main development areas of moderate and strong earthquakes.

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