Lawa Township, Batang County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Lawa Township

Lawa township is a township administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Batang County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located in the west of Ganzi Prefecture, 28 ° 46-30 ° 38 ′ n, 98 ° 58 ′ e-99 ° 45 ′ E. It is about 65 km long from north to South and 24 km wide from east to west. It covers an area of 142 square kilometers.

topographic features

Lawa township is located in the valley of the East Bank of Jinsha River at the northern end of Hengduan Mountains, with an average altitude of 3300 meters in the northern extremely high mountain area. Generally, the altitude of the high mountains and valleys in the central and southern part of China is below 2800 meters. In the middle and eastern part of China, the elevation of semi alpine and alpine areas is generally between 2800m and 3300m.

hydrology

The rivers in Lawa Township belong to Jinsha River system. Jinsha River runs through the west of the county from north to south.
The Jinsha River is 167.1 km long in Batang County, with an average flow of 943 m3 / s and a total annual runoff of 29.719 billion m3. Baqu originates under the zajinjiabo glacier. Dingqu originates from the west side of harila in Bomi Township and flows 116.19 km in Batang County. Batang County also has 107 lakes, more than 50 small rivers and streams, of which 19 have a catchment area of 100 square kilometers, and the annual runoff of available rivers reaches 1.96 billion cubic meters.

climate

Due to the influence of altitude, north-south mountains and atmospheric circulation, Lawa Township belongs to alpine plateau climate. The temperature in Batang County rose rapidly in spring. The highest temperature in summer can reach above 35 ℃. The rainy season in Batang County is mainly from June to September. In autumn, due to the alternation of cold and hot air flow, the microclimate is frequent. In winter, the weather becomes cold, the lowest temperature can reach below - 10 ℃, and there is less rain and snow. Batang County is characterized by warm winter, dry spring, cool summer and drenching autumn.

mineral resources

By 2011, Batang County has proved that there are 19 kinds of underground deposits such as iron, manganese, tin, tungsten, cobalt, antimony, magnesium, chromium, muscovite, natural sulfur, limestone, dolomite and coal.