What's the altitude of Malcolm?

The ground elevation of Marcand is between 2180m and 530 1 m.

Marcand is located at the southern tip of the northwest plateau, which belongs to the plateau canyon area, and its terrain gradually decreases from northeast to southwest. Marcand is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, with an altitude of about 2,750 meters. It is also the capital of the state. In Tibetan, it means land with strong flames, and it is extended to a prosperous place, also known as land.

Marcand, which means "a place full of flames" in Tibetan, is extended to "a place of prosperity". Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province governs county-level cities and is also the state capital. Located on the southern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in the northwest of Sichuan Basin, it is adjacent to Aba and Hongyuan Prairie in the north, Wolong Giant Panda Nature Reserve and Xiaojinguniang Mountain in the south, 365 kilometers away from Chengdu, the provincial capital, with an area of 6,633 square kilometers.

The geographical environment of Marcand

The highest peak in Marcand is about 5000 meters above sea level, and the lowest valley is about 2300 meters above sea level. Marcand belongs to the three-dimensional climate of high mountains and valleys, with the characteristics of "dry in winter and wet in summer, rainy and hot in the same season, abundant sunshine and large temperature difference between day and night". The soil in Malcolm City is mainly mountain gray cinnamon soil, mountain brown soil, mountain brown soil, mountain brown cinnamon soil and mountain meadow soil.

Malcolm is rich in water resources and has many lakes. There are dense dendritic water networks (3 rivers and 69 streams) in the city, with highly developed streams, deep valleys, rapid water flow, large drop and wide river basins. The theoretical reserve of hydropower is 7.2 million kilowatts. The rivers in Malcolm City belong to 1 first-class water resources basin (Yangtze River), 1 second-class water resources basin (Mintuojiang River) and 1 third-class water resources basin (Dadu River), with a basin area of 27,437.36 square kilometers.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Marcand County.