Region containing Kunlun Mountains

Karakash River in the Western Kunlun Shan, seen from the Tibet-Xinjiang highway

Peak in Kunlun range

View of Western Kunlun Shan from the Tibet-Xinjiang highway

The Kunlun mountain range (Simplified Chinese: 昆仑山; Traditional Chinese: 崑崙山; Pinyin: Kūnlún Shān) is one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. Excerpt from world map Image:World-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-2m. ... Excerpt from world map Image:World-map-2004-cia-factbook-large-2m. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... Asia is the largest and most populous region or continent depending on the definition. ...

It runs along the western border of China southwards beside the Pamir range, then curves to the East, to form the border range of northern Tibet. It stretches along the southern edge what is now called the Tarim Basin, the infamous Takla Makan or "sand-buried houses" desert, and the Gobi desert. Located in Central Asia, the Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, Pinyin: Xīzàng or Chinese: 藏区, Pinyin: Zàngqū [the two names are used with different connotations; see Name section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. ... The Taklamakan is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Gobi (Mongolian Говь, Chinese 戈壁; pinyin gē bì) is a large desert region in northern China and southern Mongolia. ...

The range has over 200 peaks higher than 6,000 metres. The three highest peaks are the Kongur Tagh (7,719m), the Dingbei (7,625m) and the famous Mutzagata (7,546m). These highest peaks are in the Arkatag range of the range complex. A nuber of important rivers flow from it including the Karakash River ('Black Jade River') and the Yurungkash River ('White Jade River') which flow through the Khotan Oasis into the Taklamakan Desert. Kongur Tagh (also referred to as Kongur or Kongur Shan) is the highest peak of the Kunlun Mountains in China. ... Muztagata (Chinese language: 慕士塔格峰; pinyin: Mùshìtǎgé Fēng) is the third highest peak of the Kunlun Mountains in China. ... The Karakash or Black Jade River flows from its origin near Sumde on the northern slopes of the Karakorum Mountain range, the actual Aksai Chin on the Tibetan Plateau westward along the northern crest range of the Kuen Luns. ... Mosque in Khotan. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara In geography, an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. ... Dust storm in Taklamakan from space, June 25, 2005 The Taklamakan (also Taklimakan) is a desert of Central Asia, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

The Arka Tagh is in the centre of the Kunlun Shan with Ulugh Muztagh (6973 m). The highest mountain of the Kunlun Shan is the so-called "Kunlun Goddess" (7167) in the Keriya area. The above three peaks are in the Kashgar Range and are not linked with the Kunlun Shan. If somebody can, please edit further on!

A southern branch of the Kunlun Mountains forms the watershed between the catchment basins of China's two longest rivers, the Yangtze River and the Huang He. A water divide, or watershed, is relatively high ground between water basins. ... Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. ... For other Yellow Rivers, see Yellow River (disambiguation). ...

The mountain range formed at the northern edges of the Indian Plate during its collision, in the late Triassic, with the Eurasian Plate, which resulted in the closing of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. The India or Indian Plate is a minor tectonic plate. ... The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 245 to 202 Ma (million years ago). ... The Eurasian plate is shown in green on this map. ...

Mythology

The Kunlun mountains are well known in Chinese mythology and are believed to be Taoist paradise. The first to visit this paradise was, according to the legends, King Mu (1001-947 BCE) of the Zhou Dynasty. He supposedly discovered there the Jade Palace of Huang-Di, the mythical Yellow Emperor and originator of Chinese culture, and met Hsi Wang Mu, the 'Spirit Mother of the West' usually called the 'Queen Mother of the West', who was the object of an ancient religious cult which reached its peak in the Han Dynasty, also had her mythical abode in these mountains. At the moment this article is only a list. ... For other uses of the words tao and dao, see Dao (disambiguation). ... Look up Paradise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Paradise is also a title of a tv-series The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word of pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate of the Greek peri-, and -diz (to create, make). ... The Zhou Dynasty (Chinese: 周朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: chou chao; 11th century BC to 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. ... Yellow Emperor The Yellow Emperor (黄帝 Huáng Dì) is a Chinese mythical character, a culture hero said in legend to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. ... Yellow Emperor The Yellow Emperor or Huang Di (Chinese: 黃帝, Simplified Chinese: 黄帝, pÄ«nyÄ«n: huángdì) is a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero who is said to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. ... Xiwangmu near Kaohsiung, Taiwan Xi Wangmu (西王母), in Chinese mythology, literally Queen Mother of the West, is the ruler of the western paradise and goddess of immortality. ... The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese: 漢朝; Simplified Chinese: 汉朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Han Chau; 206 BC–AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. ...