青海地处青藏高原腹地，因境内有著名的高原内陆咸水湖──青海湖而得名，是长江、黄河、澜沧江的发源地，素有“江河源”之称。全省总面积７２万平方公里，平均海拔在３０００米以上，其中５４％的地区海拔在４０００米以上，全省辖６州、１地、工市，４８个县（市、区），总 Located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai is named after the Qinghai Lake, a famous inland plateau lagoon in China. It is the birthplace of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River. It is known as the “source of rivers and lakes.” The province’s total area of ​​720,000 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 3,000 meters above sea level, of which 54% of the region above 4000 meters above sea level, the province jurisdiction 6 states, 1, the city, 48 counties (cities, districts)