Qingyang
People's Republic of China · Asia
About Qingyang
Qingyang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China.
Qingyang is the easternmost prefecture-level division of Gansu and is thus sometimes referred to as "Longdong" lit. 'eastern Gansu'. It forms an administrative peninsula, as it is surrounded, on all sides but the south, by Shaanxi and Ningxia. It is along the lower middle part of the Yellow River on the Loess Plateau and is in the eastern Gansu basin. Elevation ranges from 885 to 2082 meters above sea-level. There are 5 major rivers in Qingyang including the Malian, Pu, Hong, Silang, and Hulu. Their combined annual flow is more than 800 million cubic meters. Bordering prefecture-level cities are:
Qingyang has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) with monsoonal influences. The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from −3.8 °C (25...
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