Zhaiduo County is 4290 meters above sea level.

Zhaiduo County is located in the southern part of Qinghai Province and the southwestern part of Yushu Prefecture, with geographic coordinates between 93°38′-96°12′ east longitude and 32°08′-34°15′ north latitude. East of Yushu City and Nangqian County, west of Tanggula Mountain, north of Zhiduo County, south of the Tibet Autonomous Region with Chamdo City Dingqing County and Nagchu region of the Baqing, Suo County, Ando, Nerong County border, the inter-provincial boundary of more than 650 kilometers. County area of 30,161 square kilometers.

County seat Sahuteng, is the county's political, commercial and cultural center. The county has a total area of 18 square kilometers, jinaitan new city planning area of 3.24 square kilometers, has been built in the city area of 1.45 square kilometers. County seat from the state capital of 210 kilometers away from the provincial capital of Xining 1084 kilometers. Zaito County is 315 kilometers long from east to west and 190 kilometers wide from north to south, with a land area of 36,245.17 square kilometers, accounting for 13.57% of the total area of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and 5.01% of the land area of Qinghai Province.

The pasture area of the county is 30578.43 square kilometers, accounting for 84.37% of the total area. The average altitude of Zaoduo County is 4290 meters, and the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, with mostly flat alpine wetland grassland in the west and alpine valleys in the east. There are many water systems in the territory, and rivers are densely spread, with larger rivers such as Zachu, Jiequ, Dangqu, Moqu, etc. The famous international river Lancang is the most famous river in China. The Lancang River (Mekong River), a famous international river, originates from the Jifu Mountain area in the territory of Zhaqing Township. The southern source of the Yangtze River originates in the eastern section of the Tanggula Mountains, Jieduo Township, the territory of the foothills of the Paozaray Mountain when the qu.

Introduction of natural resources in Zaiduo County:

Wildlife resources include 78 species of wild vertebrates, 22 species of birds, 40 species of beasts, 10 species of fishes, 6 species of amphibious reptiles, snow leopards, money leopards, Tibetan antelopes, wild yaks, Tibetan donkeys, pan sheep, rock goats, white-lipped deer, equids, musk, brown bears, wolves, eagles, buzzards, Tibetan horse chickens and snow chickens. Protected wildlife such as chickens and snowcocks and indigenous fish such as bare-bellied leaf-bearded fish and forebelly bare split-jawed fish are relatively abundant, among which the snow leopard, with its dense habitat, is known as the "home of the snow leopard in China".

Plant resources mainly include large-fruited cypress, alpine willow, golden dewberry and other arborvitae and herbaceous plants, Cordyceps sinensis, snowberry, rhubarb, motherwort, snow lotus, gentiana, rhodiola rosea, Tibetan crocus and other Chinese and Tibetan medicinal herbs, and ginseng berries, yellow mushrooms, and other edible wild plants, which are extremely rich, of which Cordyceps sinensis, with its unique taste, has been known as the "first county of Cordyceps sinensis in China! ".

Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Zuaiduo County