The elevation of Qinghai Lake is 3260m above sea level, and the elevation of the surrounding areas are all above 3000 meters. It is the largest inland plateau lake in China.

The geographical sense of elevation is the vertical distance above or below sea level of a location or geographic thing on the ground, which is an abbreviation of altitude. It is relative to the relative height, the reference base for calculating elevation is to confirm a *** with the recognized sea level for measurement. This sea level is equivalent to scale 0 in a ruler. Therefore, altitude is also called absolute height or absolute elevation.

Qinghai Lake, also known as "Tso Wembu", that is, the Tibetan language "green sea" meaning, located in the northwest of Qinghai Province in the Qinghai Lake Basin, is China's largest inland lake, but also China's largest saltwater lake. Formed by the Qilian Mountains, Datong Mountain, Riyue Mountain and the Qingshan South Mountain between the fault fall.

Qinghai Lake is located in the plateau, in July and August the average daily temperature is only about 15 degrees, this is the most beautiful time of Qinghai Lake, around the lake, thousands of acres of rapeseed flowers blossom, the blue periphery of the turquoise hectares of scattered gold bright yellow, alpine pastures of wildflowers colorful, such as silk like brocade, an endless number of sheep and cows fat, dotted with them.