Tanggula Mountains

Coordinates: 33°30′00″N 91°04′12″E / 33.50000°N 91.07000°E / 33.50000; 91.07000
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This article is about the geographic source of the Yangtze River. For the similarly named range serving as the source of the Brahmaputra, see Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains.
Tanggula Mountains
Tangla, Tanglha, Dangla Mountains
Tanggula Mountains viewed from Qinghai.
Highest point
PeakGeladaindong Peak
Geography
Country China
Province/RegionQinghai and Tibet Autonomous Region
Range coordinates33°30′00″N 91°04′12″E / 33.50000°N 91.07000°E / 33.50000; 91.07000

The Tanggula (

province
.

Tanggula is the source of the

Yangtze River. It functions as a dividing range between the basin of the Yangtze in the north and the endorheic basin
of northeastern Tibet in the south.

Overview

The elevations of the main ridge average over 5,000 m (16,404 ft). The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range;

Tanggula Town, is the tallest peak in the range.[2][3]

The

Tanggula Mountain Pass. This is the highest point of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and the highest point of any railway in the world, at 5,072 metres (16,640 feet) above sea level.[4] On account of snow and occasional road accidents, highway closures and concomitant traffic delays are not uncommon.[5]

The mountains lie within the

Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion.[6]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Tanggula Mountains". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  2. ^ "Desperate Times at the Headwaters of the Yangtze". Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  3. S2CID 129888580
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  4. ^ "New height of world's railway born in Tibet". China View. Archived from the original on September 13, 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  5. ^ Plateau traffic jam
  6. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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Further reading
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