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Jiuquan is located in west section of the Hexi Corridor
in northwestern part of Gansu province,. Neighbors around
are Zhangye city adjacent to the east, Qinghai province
to the south , the Xingjian Vigor Autonomous Region
to the west and the Inner Mongolian autonomous Region
and the Mongol to the north . It has jurisdiction over
7 administrative divisions namely Suzhou district, Dunhuang
city, Yumen city , Jinta county , Anxi county , the
Subei Mongolian Autonomous County and the Akesai Kazak
Autonomous county .
Jiuquan is vast in territory with a total area of 191,000
square km, which is almost one-third of the whole province’s
. Physical features are comparatively higher in south
and lower in north , and generally speaking ,the terrain
slopes from southwest to northeast .
The mountainous region lying in the south edge consists
of a series of groups of high peaks rising 3000-5000
meters. Basins are distributed in the middle part demarcated
by the prominent zone, stretching in Jiayuguan pass
. There are Jiuquan basin and Jinta basin dispersed
to its east and basins of Yumen,. Anxi and Dunhuang
to its west. The north part is a vast expanse of Gobi
desert adjoining the north mountainous region .
There are three river systems of Shulehe ,Heihe and
Haertenghe , rising in area of accumulated snow and
glaciers on the south mountains , having annual runoff
about 30.23 billion cubic meters , which is main water
sources for daily life, industry and irrigation .The
amount of runoff is unstable and there are great disparities
of amount in different periods of year. Time from July
to October is period of plentiful water and the rest
of the year is lasting dry season. |
