Qinghai
Map of Qinghai
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Height
1743 m (5720 ft), 2000 m (6560 ft), 2500 m (8200 ft), 3000 m (9840 ft), 4000 m (13120 ft), 5000 m (16400 ft), 6000 m (19690 ft), Max altitude 6619 m (21720 ft)Permanent snow and iceWinter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Qinghai
Height from south to north in Qinghai
1Yellow1 906 to 4 378 m2Tongtian3 648 to 4 548 m3Chumar4 254 to 4 848 m
Natural Earth · GEBCO 2026 Grid · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Xining
Population: 5,923,957 (Wikidata, 2020)
Area: 696,700 km² / 268,997 sq mi
Created: 1928
Subdivisions: 8
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Bukadaban Feng (6 860 m)
Lowest point: 1 743 m
Borders
- Tibet Autonomous Region — Southwest
- Sichuan — Southeast
- Xinjiang — Northwest
- Gansu — North