Nagqu Frigid Grassland

Nagqu Frigid Grassland

Naqu Tibetan means "Heihe"; Naqu region is located in the north of Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in the north, Changdu region in the East, Lhasa, Nyingchi and Shigatse in the south, and Ali Region in the West.

The whole area is surrounded by Tanggula mountains, nyainqen Tanggula mountains and Gangdise mountains. Dargo snow mountain in the West and Buji snow mountain in the East are like two fierce lions guarding this precious land.

brief introduction

Naqu alpine grassland is rated as one of the six most beautiful grasslands in China by National Geographic of China.

This piece of land with a total area of more than 400000 square kilometers is often referred to as Qiangtang. The whole terrain is high in the West and low in the East, high in the west, flat in the middle and low in the East, with an average altitude of more than 4500 meters. The central and western regions are vast and flat, with many hills and basins, lakes and rivers. The eastern part of Tibet is a valley area with many high mountains and valleys. It is the only crop producing area in northern Tibet, with a small amount of forest resources and shrub grassland. Its altitude is between 3500-4500 meters, and its climate is better than that of the central and western regions.

Climatic characteristics

Naqu County is a semi-arid monsoon climate in the plateau sub frigid zone, characterized by low temperature, thin air, dry and clean atmosphere, strong solar radiation and large daily temperature difference. The annual average temperature is - 1.5 ℃, and the average daily temperature difference is 16.1 ° C. The average temperature in January is - 13.2 ℃, and the annual extreme minimum temperature is - 41.2 ℃; the average temperature in July is 9.0 ℃, and the annual extreme maximum temperature is 23.60 ℃; the duration days above 0 ° C are 164.5 days, and the annual sunshine hours are 2846.9 hours. From the middle of October to the middle of May of the next year is the snow cover period and the soil freezing period, which is a dry and windy period. During this period, the climate is dry, the temperature is low, the wind and sand are large, and the duration is long. The annual average frost days are 103 days, and the vegetation growth period is from July to September. It is the golden season of grassland. During this period, the climate is mild and the wind is usually beautiful,

The rainfall accounts for 80% of the whole year, and the growth period of green plants is about 100 days, all concentrated in this season. At this time, the grassland is green, everything is flourishing, and people and animals are happy. The average annual precipitation is 421.9 mm, the average annual evaporation is 1690.7 mm, and the average relative humidity is 54%.

tour scenery

Naqu Town, where Naqu administrative office is located, is the only way to the Qinghai Tibet highway and one of Tibet's tourist areas open to the outside world. The annual horse racing festival held in August (June of the Tibetan calendar) is a grand meeting of the grassland in northern Tibet. At that time, tourists, herdsmen in all directions and traders from all over the country gather here. Tourists can enjoy the natural scenery, festival atmosphere and ethnic customs of the grassland in northern Tibet. They can also visit Xiaodeng temple, a famous temple in northern Tibet. Naqu grassland in summer is a brocade painting made of blue sky, white clouds, rainbow, cattle, sheep and green. Tourists will appreciate the beauty of nature here. Namco, Zaihu in northern Tibet, is located between Dangxiong in Lhasa city and bange County in Naqu area. Every year, many tourists and believers come to the lake.

The grassland in northern Tibet is the original creation of nature and one of the few undeveloped virgin lands in the world. In people's imagination, it is open, desolate and mysterious, but in fact it is quite different from imagination. There is a beautiful, rich and vibrant world. Where the terrain is gentle, the size of the lake scattered, geothermal hot spring year-round mist cover. In summer and autumn, the open grassland in northern Tibet is dotted with flowers. In the blue sky, white clouds float and eagles fly freely. The blue lake is rippling and the sky is full of water. The wild yak, Tibetan antelope, Tibetan wild donkey, Tibetan snow leopard, black necked Crane and many rare birds and animals, which are unique to the plateau and are protected at the first level of the state, flock together, roar noisily, and have a magnificent appearance. Blue sky, white clouds, sunshine, clear water, green grass and wild animals form a very harmonious natural picture. All these provide a rare, primitive and simple paradise for people living in modern civilization.

All kinds of enema, highland barley wine and butter tea, beef and mutton, cold yak tongue, steamed buns, Zanba, all kinds of pastries, as well as sweet tea, milk tea, yogurt, sausage, dried meat, xiapuqing (meat pulp) and so on.

There are all kinds of buses from Naqu to Lhasa, such as Santana, Jinbei bread and minibus. The fares range from 60 to 100 yuan. They leave at any time from morning to afternoon.

The most beautiful grassland

Nagqu Frigid Grassland

On October 23, 2005, the list of the most beautiful places in China was released in Beijing. The event is sponsored by National Geographic of China

The "China's most beautiful place" selection activity co sponsored by 34 media across the country lasted for 8 months, and three categories of awards were awarded, namely "experts association group", "media followers group" and "Internet mobile popularity group". "Media group" and "popularity group" produced 12 award-winning places by media voting, netizens voting and mobile phone users voting respectively. The awards of "expert society group" launched by National Geographic magazine of China are unique, which are divided into 15 types: mountain, lake, forest, grassland, desert, Yadan landform, island, coast, waterfall, glacier, canyon, urban area, rural ancient town, tourist cave, swamp and wetland. Among them, Naqu alpine grassland is one of the six most beautiful grasslands in China.

Address: Naqu Town, Naqu County, Tibet Autonomous Region

Longitude: 92.072951792343

Latitude: 31.468659399826

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