The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, in the shape of a cow's leg. From south to north is divided into very high, high and medium mountains belt, low hills belt, mountain front Gobi, gravel plains belt, alluvial flood plains belt, desert belt. The county territory of large and small rivers **** 11, of which 5 can be utilized rivers, the average annual total runoff for many years 855.4 million m3, groundwater storage capacity of 318.684 billion m3, groundwater recharge of 672.94 million m3. watershed area of 69,540 acres, of which 8,770 acres of suitable area for aquaculture, and now utilize the aquaculture area of 2,600 acres, the main varieties of farmed fish are: fine phosphorus fish, The main cultured fish species are: fine phosphorus fish, white fish, flat-lipped fish; introduced species are: carp, crucian carp, grass, silver carp, bighead carp, group head bream and so on. The theoretical reserve of water energy is 105,000kw, and it can be developed and utilized in 52,800kw, with an annual power generation capacity of 342,140,000 kWh, mainly in the middle and upper reaches of the Kriya River.
The main vegetation includes 155 species of wild higher plants of 38 families and 112 genera, such as poplar, strange willow, licorice, camel thorn, rooibos, bitter bean seeds, flower faggots, and cistanche. The main wild animals are snow leopard, Tibetan antelope, wild yak, Tibetan wild ass, wild camel, stone sable, green sheep, yellow sheep, dry otter, wild boar, hedgehog, snow chicken, wild rhinoceros and other 201 species.
The county's forest resources mainly include poplar and red willow, with a total area of 1,124,100 mu, natural poplar forests are mainly distributed along the lower reaches of the Kriya River and the dry delta, and the red willow shrub forests are mainly distributed in the northwestern part of the alluvial plains and along the river sections. Artificial forests cover an area of 172,900 mu, accounting for about 30% of the area of cultivated land and settlements.
The county territory has a variety of geological conditions for mineralization, due to insufficient efforts to survey, mineral resources have not yet been identified, now found more than 20, including: Almas jade mine, producing white jade and green and white jade, counting more than 200 tons of reserves; Laikha, Aqiang and rain Gaiti and other three magnetite iron ore; Pru coal mine is a skinny coal No. 2, with a reserve of 366,000 tons; Aqiang gypsum mines, the Yingbagh seven salt lakes.
Economy to agriculture, agriculture and animal husbandry combination of the main abundance of wheat, corn, rice, cotton, sunflower, cumin and licorice, rue, ephedra, safflower, comfrey and other kinds of valuable Chinese herbs. The county now has 404,924 acres of arable land (including Yutian Prison), 2,697,200 acres of wasteland, including 870,000 acres of high-quality reclaimable wasteland, 515,000 acres of forestable land, and 1,132,000 acres of pastureable land. Crops are mainly wheat, corn, rice and cotton, horticulture is based on grapes, pomegranates and apricots, and farming is based on cattle and sheep rearing. There are many kinds of agricultural products as commodities, not only cotton, raisins, dried apricots and furs, but also licorice, rue, fennel and other valuable Chinese medicinal herbs, as well as a sizable area of reed resources.
The rapid development of commerce. There are farmers market, Xinhua market and other large shopping places, "Tenth Five-Year" end of the total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 75.87 million yuan, an increase of 2.94%, the total number of self-employed people reached 3593, the registered capital of 32.837 million yuan.
The transportation is very convenient. 315 National Highway runs through the county. County and township for the asphalt road, village for the asphalt road and gravel road, asphalt road length of 1,936 kilometers. County and countryside are open to traffic, the proportion of access to 92.2%, the annual passenger turnover of 589.33 people/kilometer. There are 10 reservoirs, 62 bridges and culverts, 63 dry-laid pebble channels, and 353 permanent water conservancy projects completed.
Culture, education, science and technology, health, sports and rapid development of undertakings, medical teaching equipment is increasingly improved, the quality of teaching improved significantly. County **** there are 18 middle schools with 1425 staff, 9449 students; 104 elementary school, 1490 staff, 31,572 students; 2 high schools, staff, 1380 students; kindergartens, nurseries, each 1; 15 health care institutions, with 554 medical personnel. There is 1 performing arts organization. There are broadcasting stations, cultural stations and libraries in the county and villages. Radio and TV coverage is 100%. Postal services and communications are booming. At the end of the year the county urban and rural telephone **** there are 8,432, the number of cell phone users more than 3,000, 250 Internet users, with all kinds of technical personnel 3,324 people.
Yutian County is rich in tourism resources. Within the territory of the ancient Kala Dun site, the ancient Han and Tang "Silk Road" and Tang Xuanzang Western Scriptures of the many ancient cities and towns of the ruins of Asia's youngest volcano, plateau villages, desert springs, Goddess of Pools, the desert villages (Moral Township), the Dragon Lake Scenic Spot and known as the "world's most desert tourist landscape "Dariyaboi and other tourist mecca, the inhabitants of hospitality, singing and dancing, folk ancient simplicity, lifestyle style, the formation of the urgent need to develop tourism resources.