Tanggula Mountains (also called Dangla Mountains) are a mountain range in southwestern China in an area known as the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1] The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range and the Geladandong (at 6,621 metres) is the tallest peak in the range.[2] A pass through these mountains, Tanggula Mountain Pass, is the highest railway in the world at 4,817 meters above sea level.[3] The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: བོད་རང་སà¾à¾±à½¼à½„་ལྗོངས་; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), is a province-level autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), or Drichu in Tibetan (Tibetan: འབྲི་ཆུ་; Wylie: bri chu) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. ... Geladandong (also spelled Geladaindong or Geladaintong) is a snow-covered mountain (or massif) located in southwestern Qinghai, China, near that provinces border with Tibet Autonomous Region. ... The Tanggula Mountain Pass in Tibet is a mountain pass which rises as high as 5,072 m (16,640 ft) above sea level. ...
The Tanggula Pass (Traditional Chinese: å”å¤æ‹‰å±±å£; Simplified Chinese: å”å¤æ‹‰å±±å£; pinyin: TánggÇ”lÄ ShÄnkÇ’u) in Tibet is a mountain pass that rises to over 5000 metres above sea level. ... Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Sichuan Province of China lie on the Tibetan Plateau. ... Geladandong (also spelled Geladaindong or Geladaintong) is a snow-covered mountain (or massif) located in southwestern Qinghai, China, near that provinces border with Tibet Autonomous Region. ...
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^ Tanggula Mountains. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
^ Desperate Times at the Headwaters of the Yangtze. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
^ New height of world's railway born in Tibet. China View. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
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On the north of the mountain are twin lakes dubbed the "Lover Lakes,"(Keluke Lake and Tuosu Lake) one with fresh water and the other with salty water.
Kunlun Mountain lies in Qinghai Province and the mountains inside Qinghai all belong to the Kunlun Mountain Range, which used to be respected as the origin of all mountains or the mountain of dragon in ancient times.
Tanggula Railway Station, 5,068 meters above sea level, is the highest railway station in the world and is also the last scenic spot of the Yangtze River Source Scenic Belt.
Rail-laying in Xizang was launched from both directions, towards TanggulaMountain and Lhasa, from Anduo Railway Station on 22 June 2004.
On 24 August 2005, track was laid at the railway's highest point, the TanggulaMountain Pass, which is 5,072 metres above sea level.
Thirty railway stations are to be built, among them TanggulaMountain railway station, which at 5,068 m will be the world's highest (Cóndor station, at 4,786 m, on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line, Bolivia, and La Galera at 4,781 m in Peru being the next highest).
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