Tanggula Mountains
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Infobox mountain The Tanggula (Chinese: Template:Linktext, p Tánggǔlāshān, or Script error: No such module "Lang"., p Tánggǔlāshānmài), Tangla, Tanglha, or Dangla Mountains (Tibetan: Script error: No such module "Lang"., w Gdang La, z Dang La) is a mountain range in the central part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibet.[1] Administratively, the range is in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, with the central section extending into the Tanggula Town and the eastern section entering the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province.
Tanggula is the source of the Ulan Moron and Dam Qu Rivers, the geographic headwaters 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 Script error: No such module "convert".. The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range; Geladandong, Script error: No such module "convert". high, located in Tanggula Town, is the tallest peak in the range.[2][3]
The Qinghai-Tibet Highway and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway cross the Tanggula Mountains at Tanggula Mountain Pass. This is the highest point of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and the highest point of any railway in the world, at Script error: No such module "convert". 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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- Geladandong
- Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
- Tanggula Pass
- Tanggula railway station
- Tanggula North railway station
- Tanggula South railway station
- Tibetan Plateau
References
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