Nyainqêntanglha Mountains
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The Nyainqêntanglha Mountains Viewed from the Qinghai–Tibet Railway.
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| Chinese | 念青唐古拉山 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Shān |
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| Wylie | gnyan chen thang lha |
| THL | Nyenchenthanglha |
| Tibetan Pinyin | Nyainqêntanglha |
Coordinates: 30°30′0″N 94°30′00″E / 30.50000°N 94.50000°E
The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (official spelling: Nyainqêntanglha Mountains) are a 700-kilometre (430 mi) long mountain range, and subrange of the Transhimalaya System, located in the Tibet region and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
One source says the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains range is about 1,000 km (620 mi) in length. Its highest point is 7,090 m (23,260 ft) located 100 km (62 mi) to the northwest of Lhasa. The range is parallel to the Himalayas in the Transhimalayas, and north of the Brahmaputra River. Another source says the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains extend 460 miles (740 km) from Nyêmo County in the west to Ranwu County (the southwestern part of Baxoi County) in the east.
Its highest peak is Mount Nyenchen Tanglha (Nyainqêntanglha Feng) at 7,162 metres (23,497 ft).
The southern side of the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains is precipitous, and falls by around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), while the northern side is fairly level and descends about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Most of the mountains are below 6,500 metres (21,300 ft). They contain 7080 glaciers covering an area of 10,700 square kilometres (4,100 sq mi).
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