Tongde County ( zh, s=同德县 , ) is a county of

Qinghai Qinghai is an inland Provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. It is the largest provinces of China, province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xin ...

province, China. It is under the administration of

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, formerly known as Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, c=海南藏族自治州; ), is an autonomous prefecture of Northeastern Qinghai Province in Western China. The prefecture has an area of and its ...

Administrative divisions

Tongde County is made up of 2

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and 3

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: *Other: Provincial Grass Seed Breeding Farm (省牧草良种繁殖场)

Geography and climate

Tongde County has an alpine

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(

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''Dwc''), with long, very cold and dry winters, and short, rainy, mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid/late September to mid May; however, due to the wide

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(at an average ), only January has an average high that is below freezing. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 50% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51% in June to 81% in November, the county seat receives 2,806 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is . Over 70% of the annual precipitation of is delivered from June to September.

References

County-level divisions of Qinghai Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture {{Qinghai-geo-stub

Administrative divisions

Geography and climate

See also

References