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Terrestrial heat flow indicates on the thermal process in the Earth's interior. It provides important information for geological, geophysical and geodynamical studies. Since 1988, altogether 6 compilations of heat flow data have been regularly performed in the continental area of China, the data from the first and second compilations were reported as the 1st and 2nd editions, the data from the later compilations were presented no more than the statistic results. Based on the sixth heat flow compilation, this paper presents, as the 3rd edition, the 450 new heat flow data since the 2nd edition. Statistical analysis of the new data set indicates that the measured heat flow values range from 30 to 319mW/m2 with a mean of 62.6 ± 24.2mW/m2; if the heat flow data related to local geothermal anomalies to be excluded, the range will be reduced to between 30 to 140mW/m2 with a mean of 61 ± 15.5mW/m2.

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