Gêrzê County

Gêrzê County
改则县 • སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
County

Location of Gêrzê County (red) within Ngari Prefecture (yellow) and the Tibet A.R.
Gêrzê
Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R.
Coordinates: 33°45′53″N 84°07′22″E / 33.76472°N 84.12278°E / 33.76472; 84.12278
Country People's Republic of China
Region Tibet
Prefecture Ngari
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Gêrzê County (Tibetan: སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: sger rtse rdzong, ZYPY: Gêrzê Zong ; simplified Chinese: 改则县; traditional Chinese: 改則縣; pinyin: Gǎizé Xiàn) is a county located in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Xinjiang to the north. Under the administration of Ngari Prefecture, it has a total area of 135,600 km2 (52,400 sq mi).

Climate

Climate data for Gêrzê
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −3
(27)		 −1
(30)		 3
(37)		 7
(45)		 13
(55)		 18
(64)		 20
(68)		 18
(64)		 15
(59)		 8
(46)		 2
(36)		 −2
(28)		 8
(47)
Average low °C (°F) −22
(−8)		 −19
(−2)		 −14
(7)		 −10
(14)		 −4
(25)		 2
(36)		 5
(41)		 5
(41)		 2
(36)		 −9
(16)		 −16
(3)		 −21
(−6)		 −8
(17)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.0
(0.039)		 1.1
(0.043)		 0.5
(0.02)		 2.0
(0.079)		 6.9
(0.272)		 16.4
(0.646)		 49.1
(1.933)		 63.3
(2.492)		 24.8
(0.976)		 5.3
(0.209)		 0.3
(0.012)		 0.4
(0.016)		 171.1
(6.737)
Source: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Gerze-weather-averages/Xizang/CN.aspx

Coordinates: 33°45′53″N 84°07′22″E / 33.76472°N 84.12278°E / 33.76472; 84.12278


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