酒泉市地区辽阔,气温悬殊,水量变化大,平均年降雨量8公厘气候干燥,地面蒸发量大,农田需水分多,年迳流量为13亿公方左右,全市灌溉面积为1,249,000亩,其中耕地面积为100万亩,其余为林牧业基地。地区分洪水灌区,占全部耘地的40%,全靠祁连山冰雪灌溉,群众反映:“一年见水五个月,其余时间是干河”。同时来水量形成两头小,中间大,而 Jiuquan City, a vast area, the temperature disparities, large changes in water, the average annual rainfall of 8 mm dry climate, ground evaporation, farmland and more water, the annual flow of about 1.3 billion square meters, the city irrigated an area of ​​1,249,000 acres, of which Cultivated land area of ​​100 mu, the rest for the forest animal husbandry base. Flood irrigation areas in the region, accounting for 40% of all Yun, thanks to snow and ice irrigation in Qilian Mountains, the masses reflect: “Seeing water for five months a year, the rest of the time is dry.” At the same time the amount of water formed two small, large in the middle