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SOCIAL ECONOMIC DIVISION

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

NATURAL RESOURCES

CLIMATE

POPULATION, ETHNIC GROUPS

 


 

Temperature

Precipitation

Sunshine

 


 

 

 

Monthly Sunshine Hours of Major Cities (2000)

 


 

The Mohe area of Heilongjiang Province at the northernmost tip of China, located north of Latitude 53ºcN, has a frigid temperate climate. Zengmu Ansha in Hainan Province at the southern end, only 400 km from the equator, is dominated by the equatorial climate. Thus, there is great temperature difference between the south and the north.

In winter, most areas in China are cold and the temperature varies greatly between northern and southern parts. In Mohe, the temperature in January averages -30ºc, while that in Sanya, Hainan, is above 20ºc

In summer, the northern part has long daylight hours because the sun is directly over the Northern Hemisphere at this time. The northern areas get almost as much heat from sunlight as the southern part. Therefore, the temperature is high nationwide, except for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an exceptional elevation, and temperature difference is small between the north and the south.