Gar County

Gar County
噶尔县 • སྒར་རྫོང་།
County

Location of Gar County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture Ngari Prefecture
Seat Shiquanhe (Gar)

Gar County (Tibetan: སྒར་རྫོང་།, Wylie: sgar rdzong, ZYPY: Gar Zong ; simplified Chinese: 噶尔县; traditional Chinese: 噶爾縣; pinyin: Gá'ěr Xiàn) is a county in the Ngari Prefecture of the western Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The main town is Shiquanhe, once known as the city of "Gar" and often known as "Ali" in English.

Geology

Main rivers in the county include Sênggê Zangbo and Gar Zangbo.

Climate data for Shiquanhe
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.4
(43.5)		 9.5
(49.1)		 13.4
(56.1)		 15.7
(60.3)		 20.5
(68.9)		 25.2
(77.4)		 32.1
(89.8)		 26.4
(79.5)		 23.7
(74.7)		 16.7
(62.1)		 12.7
(54.9)		 7.1
(44.8)		 32.1
(89.8)
Average high °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6)		 −2.0
(28.4)		 2.3
(36.1)		 7.4
(45.3)		 12.6
(54.7)		 18.1
(64.6)		 21.5
(70.7)		 20.5
(68.9)		 16.3
(61.3)		 8.2
(46.8)		 2.9
(37.2)		 −1.6
(29.1)		 8.5
(47.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.0
(10.4)		 −9.2
(15.4)		 −4.8
(23.4)		 0.1
(32.2)		 5.1
(41.2)		 10.7
(51.3)		 14.4
(57.9)		 13.8
(56.8)		 9.3
(48.7)		 0.5
(32.9)		 −5.7
(21.7)		 −10.1
(13.8)		 1
(33.8)
Average low °C (°F) −19.7
(−3.5)		 −16.9
(1.6)		 −12.6
(9.3)		 −7.9
(17.8)		 −2.7
(27.1)		 3.1
(37.6)		 7.7
(45.9)		 7.5
(45.5)		 2.0
(35.6)		 −8.0
(17.6)		 −14.8
(5.4)		 −18.2
(−0.8)		 −6.7
(19.9)
Record low °C (°F) −36.6
(−33.9)		 −30.2
(−22.4)		 −25.3
(−13.5)		 −17.9
(−0.2)		 −11.2
(11.8)		 −6.6
(20.1)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −10.0
(14)		 −17.0
(1.4)		 −23.5
(−10.3)		 −32.9
(−27.2)		 −36.6
(−33.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.6
(0.063)		 1.2
(0.047)		 1.4
(0.055)		 1.3
(0.051)		 2.9
(0.114)		 3.7
(0.146)		 21.4
(0.843)		 23.8
(0.937)		 5.7
(0.224)		 2.0
(0.079)		 0.3
(0.012)		 1.1
(0.043)		 66.4
(2.614)
Source: China Meteorological Administration,[1]

Transport

References

  1. ↑ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1981－2010年） (in Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved January 1, 2011.

Coordinates: 32°05′49″N 80°21′23″E / 32.09694°N 80.35639°E / 32.09694; 80.35639


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