Qumarlêb County (; ) is a county in the northeast of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, south-central

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province, China.

Geography and climate

With an elevation of around , Qumarlêb County has an

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

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, average highs are only below freezing from mid/late November until early March. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 50 percent of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51 percent in June to 78 percent in November, the county seat receives 2,782 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is . Over three-fourths of the annual precipitation of is delivered from June to September.

Administrative divisions

Qumarlêb County (Qumalai County) is divided to 1 towns and 5 townships. ;Towns * Yuegai () ;Townships

References

External links

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