What's the climate and environment like in Yinchuan?

Yinchuan has four distinct seasons, short summer in late spring, long winter in early autumn, large temperature difference between day and night, scarce rain and snow, strong evaporation, dry climate and heavy sandstorm. The annual average temperature is about 8.5℃, and the annual average sunshine hours are 2800 ~ 3000 hours, which is one of the regions with the most solar radiation and sunshine hours in China. The annual average precipitation is about 200mm, and the frost-free period is about 185 days.

The environment in Yinchuan is very good. Yinchuan Plain is flat and open, with fertile land, criss-crossing ditches, abundant water resources, abundant sunshine and superior natural conditions. Yinchuan is located at the intersection of east-west structural belts in China. Structurally, it belongs to Helanshan platform depression and Yinchuan graben in the depression zone on the western edge of Ordos platform, which is the piedmont depression zone between Helanshan fold zone and Ordos platform. Helan Mountain area has the only natural forest resources in Yinchuan. The total area is 26,700 hectares, with natural secondary forest 1.23 million hectares and forest coverage rate of 22.8%. Forest species mainly include spruce, Chinese pine, Populus davidiana and other trees, as well as elm, apricot and other shrubs. In addition, there are more than 40 kinds of wild medicinal plants, and 32 kinds of rare animals protected by the state are roe deer, red deer, blue pheasant, blue sheep and fox.