Abstract: Based on remote sensing satellite monitoring,sample investigation and spot observation, the total area of wetlands in the Huangshui River in Qinghai province is about 91 168.34 hm²,and can be divided into 4 classes and 12 types. Wetland composition proportion decreasingly ranks as lake wetland,river wetland, swamp wetland and artificial wetland. Natural wetland resource has an area of 85 793.62 hm²,manual wetland resource has an area of 5 374.72 hm². The district of the maximum wetland area is in Haiyan county,and the minimum wetlands area is in Pingan county,