 Medog has a favourable climate caused by the relatively low elevations in parts of the county (down to just 600 m above sea level in the Yarlung Zangbo river valley) and by the South Asian monsoon, which brings moisture from the Indian Ocean.The area is lush and covered with trees and includes the Medog National Animal and Plant Reserve Area.It has more than 3,000 species of plants, 42 species of rare animals under special state protection, and over a thousand hexapod species.