Abstract:Xiagansate is located in the lower tree line of the mountainous area of the Urumqi River in the middle of Tianshan Mountain. Tree ring samples of spruce ( Picca schrenkinna var. tianschanica ) was collected from the lower forest zone. The ring width chronology of Xiagansate shows high mean sensitivity and high standard deviation which implied that it may contain much information of precipitation in such a semiarid region. The relationship between tree ring chronology and climatic factor...