Qinghai Province is a provincial administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with Xining as its capital.
Qinghai province is located in the northwest inland of China, with a boundary of 31 36 ′-39 19 ′ north latitude and 89 35 ′-13 4 ′ east longitude. It borders Gansu in the north and east, Xinjiang in the northwest, Tibet in the south and southwest, and Sichuan in the southeast.
The terrain of Qinghai Province is generally high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and south and low in the middle. The altitude in the west is high and steep, inclining to the east, and descending in a ladder shape. The eastern region is a transitional zone from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Loess Plateau, with complex terrain and diverse landforms.
Qinghai's water resources
There are 38 rivers with a catchment area of more than 5 square kilometers in Qinghai Province. The total annual runoff of the whole province is 61.123 billion cubic meters, and the total water resources rank 15th in China, and the per capita possession is 5.3 times of the national average. 49% of the total runoff of the Yellow River, 1.8% of the total runoff of the Yangtze River, 17% of the total runoff of the Lancang River and 45.1% of the total runoff of the Heihe River flow out of Qinghai, and 59.6 billion cubic meters of water flows out of Qinghai every year.
the groundwater resources are 28.16 billion cubic meters; There are 242 lakes with an area of more than 1 square kilometer in the province, with a total lake area of 13,98.4 square kilometers, ranking second in the country; The total amount of blue sea water resources is rich, but the contradiction between supply and demand is still very prominent. The Yangtze River and Lancangjiang River basins are rich in water resources, although the total population, industry and agriculture are small.