Heshui County 合水县 Hoshui | |
|---|---|
 Heshui in Qingyang | |
.png) Qingyang in Gansu | |
| Coordinates (Heshui government):35°50′02″N108°01′19″E / 35.8339°N 108.0219°E /35.8339; 108.0219 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingyang |
| County seat | Xihuachi |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,941.78 km2 (1,135.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 133,200 |
| • Density | 45.28/km2 (117.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 745400 |
Heshui County (Chinese:合水县;pinyin:Héshuǐ Xiàn) is acounty ofGansu province, China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofQingyang, and is the easternmostcounty-level division of the province.
Its postal code is 745400, and its population in 2023 was 133,200 people.[1]
Heshui was known as Lepan (乐蟠) in theSui dynasty (617 AD), and later as Pan County, Panjiao County after 623 AD, and Hechuan County. In 742 it was named Heshui.[2][3][4]
In January 1973, remains of an elephant were discovered by several farmers on the bank of the Malian River in Banqiao township, Heshui County. The elephant remains measured 4 meters tall, 8 meters long, with tusks of over 2 meters long, resembling two long swords, hence it was also called a saber-toothed elephant. The fossilized skeleton of the Yellow River elephant, is the most complete saber-toothed skeleton ever found in the world. Because this fossil was found in the Yellow River area, it was named "Yellow River Elephant". However, after further analysis of the fossil of the Yellow River elephant and comparison it with other ancient elephants, paleontologists discovered that it was actually aStegodon zdanskyi.[5] It is believed that more than 3000 years ago, "large populations of Asian elephants still roamed the forests along the Yellow River."[6][7]
Remains of theQin dynasty highway passing through Heshui County have been found.[3]
Heshui has large coal and oil reserves. Agricultural output includes grains, corn, potatoes, soybeans, oilseeds, melons, vegetables, apples,white melon seeds, wood ear mushroom,morels, anddeer antler velvet.[3]
Heshui County is divided to 8 towns and 4 townships.[8] Since 1952 the county government is seated in Xihuachi town.
| Climate data for Heshui, elevation 1,274 m (4,180 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.4 (92.1) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.8 (96.4) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 5.3 (41.5) | 11.6 (52.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | 2.7 (36.9) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.2 (37.8) | −2.7 (27.1) | 9.8 (49.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) | −4.9 (23.2) | 0.3 (32.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 5.4 (41.7) | −1.2 (29.8) | −7.1 (19.2) | 5.1 (41.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −16.6 (2.1) | −13.9 (7.0) | −4.8 (23.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 1.9 (35.4) | −8.1 (17.4) | −16.8 (1.8) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −23.0 (−9.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 6.0 (0.24) | 8.5 (0.33) | 16.6 (0.65) | 34.3 (1.35) | 47.8 (1.88) | 67.9 (2.67) | 124.8 (4.91) | 114.8 (4.52) | 84.9 (3.34) | 45.3 (1.78) | 15.4 (0.61) | 3.7 (0.15) | 570 (22.43) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 97.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.8 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 26.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 55 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 73 | 63 | 56 | 62 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 181.6 | 172.9 | 202.0 | 226.6 | 246.8 | 234.4 | 227.0 | 201.8 | 160.9 | 167.9 | 171.8 | 184.0 | 2,377.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 58 | 56 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 44 | 49 | 56 | 61 | 54 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||
