Nyainqêntanglha Mountains

Nyainqêntanglha Mountains

▪ mountains, China
Chinese (Pinyin)  Nianchingtanggula Shan  or  (Wade-Giles romanization)  Nien-ch'ing-t'ang-ku-la Shan 

      mountain range forming the eastern section of a mountain system in the southern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. In the west the system comprises a northern range, the Nganglong (A-ling) Mountains, and a southern range, the Kailas Range, which is much more rugged and heavily glaciated. The highest peak of the Nganglong Mountains is 21,637 feet (6,595 metres) above sea level, and the highest peak in the Kailas Range rises to 22,028 feet (6,714 metres). East of about longitude 88° E the two chains unite in the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains proper, which form a high watershed between the Yarlung Zangbo (Tsangpo) River valley of southern Tibet and the area of inland drainage and salt lakes on the high plateau.

      Southern slopes of the range are extremely rugged; many sections are above 20,000 feet (6,100 metres), with some individual peaks well above 23,000 feet (7,000 metres) in the area northwest of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The southern slopes also are comparatively well watered, and the natural environment is clearly divided into vertical zones, rich in grasses and shrubs affording good mountain pastures. The slopes drain into the Yarlung Zangbo River, the name in China for the Brahmaputra (Brahmaputra River). In the west, the northern slopes of the range form part of the interior drainage of the southeastern area of the Qiangtang basin and are generally dry and covered with hardy grasses; at the eastern end of the range, the northern slopes drain into the upper headwaters of the Salween River and have a much richer cover of alpine grasses. The main route across the range traverses the Sanxiong Pass between Yangbajain and Nagqu (formerly Heihe). This carries the main road from Lhasa north to Golmud at the southern end of the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai (Tsinghai) province; a new rail line (opened 2006) connecting Lhasa and Golmud also links Lhasa to the rest of China.

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