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Tanggula
The Tanggula (Chinese: , p ''Tánggǔlāshān'', or , p ''Tánggǔlāshānmài''), Tangla, Tanglha, or Dangla Mountains ( Tibetan: , w ''Gdang La'', z ''Dang La'') is a mountain range in the central part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibet. 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 . The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range; Geladandong, high, located in Tanggula Town, is the tallest peak in the range. The Qinghai-Tibet Highway and the Qing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanggula Town
Tanggulashan (, ), or Dangla Town, is a Towns of China, town in the southwest of Qinghai province, China. It forms the southern exclave of the county-level city of Golmud, in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, partially administrated by Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region since 1963 and still officially a territory of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai under trust administration of Golmud, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai. Before the local administrative reform of 2005, it was known as Tanggula Township (). It is the only place in China simultaneously under jurisdiction of three prefectures. The town spans an area of approximately , and has a population of 1,750 as of 2020. Toponymy The Towns of China, town's name is Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan for "mountain that eagles cannot fly over". History On the eve of the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, annexation of Tibet by China, a local rebellion broke out in nearby Yushu Tibet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanggula Railway Station
The Tanggula (Dangla) railway station () is a railway station located in Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, near the border with the Tanggula Town, Qinghai Province. The railway station has three tracks, one of them served by a platform, and another one served by a very short stub platform. Since its construction, Tanggula Station has been the highest railway station in the world. Introduction This unstaffed station on the Qingzang railway opened for service on July 1, 2006. The station is located above sea level – surpassing Cóndor station at on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line in Bolivia and Galera Station at 4,781 m (15,681 feet) in Peru for title of highest railway station in the world. It is no more than 1 km (0.6 miles) away from the highest point of rail track at . The station is long and covers . There are 3 rail tracks in the station. The location of the station was specially chosen for the view from the platform. Schedules As of 2010, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geladaindong Peak
Geladaindong Peak (also spelled Geladandong, Geladaintong or Kolha Dardong) is a snow-covered mountain (or massif) located in Southwestern Qinghai Province of China near the border of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is the tallest mountain in the Tanggula Mountain Range of the Tibetan Plateau with an elevation of above sea level. The traditional source of the Yangtze River, begins with glaciers on its surface. The Yangtze's longest source, however, lies away at the head of the Dam Qu River. The mountain's name is Geladaindong in the Tibetan language. The name in Chinese is 各 拉 丹 冬 (Pinyin: Gèlādāndōng) or 各 拉 丹 冬 峰 (Pinyin: Gèlādāndōng Fēng, literally "Geladandong Peak"). Location Geladaindong is located in the administrative unit known as Tanggula Town: an exclave of Haixi Prefecture, in the middle section of Tanggula Shan (the Tanggula Mountain Range). The Geladaindong Peak is encircled by over twenty high peaks exceeding in height. It is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geladandong
Geladaindong Peak (also spelled Geladandong, Geladaintong or Kolha Dardong) is a snow-covered mountain (or massif) located in Southwestern Qinghai Province of China near the border of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is the tallest mountain in the Tanggula Mountain Range of the Tibetan Plateau with an elevation of above sea level. The traditional source of the Yangtze River, begins with glaciers on its surface. The Yangtze's longest source, however, lies away at the head of the Dam Qu River. The mountain's name is Geladaindong in the Tibetan language. The name in Chinese is 各 拉 丹 冬 (Pinyin: Gèlādāndōng) or 各 拉 丹 冬 峰 (Pinyin: Gèlādāndōng Fēng, literally "Geladandong Peak"). Location Geladaindong is located in the administrative unit known as Tanggula Town: an exclave of Haixi Prefecture, in the middle section of Tanggula Shan (the Tanggula Mountain Range). The Geladaindong Peak is encircled by over twenty high peaks exceeding in height. It is appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanggula Pass
The Tanggu La, Tangla Pass, or Tanggu Pass (; ) is a wide mountain pass in Southwest China over in elevation, used by both the Qinghai–Tibet Highway and Qinghai–Tibet Railway to cross the Tanggula Mountains. These mountains on the Tibetan Plateau separate the Tibet Autonomous Region from the Qinghai province, and also form part of the watershed separating the Yangtze River to the north from a zone of endorheic basins with internal drainage to the south. The Qinghai–Tibet Highway reaches its highest elevation of in the Tanggu Pass at . On August 24, 2005, rail track for the Qinghai–Tibet Railway was completed to the WNW of the highway, reaching at . The Tanggula railway station 1 km from this summit is the world's highest at , higher than that of Ticlio, Peru. The Qinghai–Tibet railway connects the provincial capitals of Xining to Lhasa. The -long section from Golmud to Lhasa was opened on July 1, 2006. The rail cars are equipped with personal oxygen su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanggula Mountain Pass
The Tanggu La, Tangla Pass, or Tanggu Pass (; ) is a wide mountain pass in Southwest China over in elevation, used by both the Qinghai–Tibet Highway and Qinghai–Tibet Railway to cross the Tanggula Mountains. These mountains on the Tibetan Plateau separate the Tibet Autonomous Region from the Qinghai province, and also form part of the drainage divide, watershed separating the Yangtze River to the north from a zone of endorheic basins with internal drainage to the south. The Qinghai–Tibet Highway reaches its highest elevation of in the Tanggu Pass at . On August 24, 2005, rail track for the Qinghai–Tibet Railway was completed to the WNW of the highway, reaching at . The Tanggula railway station 1 km from this summit is the world's highest at , higher than that of Ticlio, Peru. The Qinghai–Tibet railway connects the provincial capitals of Xining to Lhasa. The -long section from Golmud to Lhasa was opened on July 1, 2006. The rail cars are equipped with personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangtze River
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea. It is the fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world. Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, and is home to nearly one-third of the country's population. The Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture, and economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking, and war. The Yangtze Delta generates as much as 20% of China's GDP, and the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze is the largest hydro-electric power station in the world. In mid-2014, the Chinese government announced it was building a multi-tier transport network, comprising railways, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanggula South Railway Station
Tanggula South railway station is a station on the Chinese Qinghai–Tibet Railway. See also * List of highest railway stations in the world * Qinghai–Tibet Railway * List of stations on Qinghai–Tibet railway A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... Railway stations in Tibet Stations on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway {{Tibet-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanggula North Railway Station
Tanggula North railway station is a station on the Chinese Qinghai–Tibet Railway, a railway connecting Xining to Lhasa. See also * List of highest railway stations in the world * Qinghai–Tibet Railway * List of stations on Qinghai–Tibet railway A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... Railway stations in Qinghai Stations on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway {{Qinghai-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangqu
The Dangqu, Dam Qu ( Chinese: , p ''Dāngqū'') or Dam Chu ( Tibetan: , w '''Dam Chu'', lit. "Marshy River") is the longest source of the Yangtze River, with a total length of located in the Qinghai province of the People's Republic of China. It runs from its source in an eastern offshoot of the Tanggula Mountains (), receives its main tributary the Buqu-Gar Qu River (), and has a confluence with the Ulan Moron, where the Tongtian River The Tongtian River ( zh, , ) or Zhi Qu ( Tibetan) is a long river in Qinghai Province in western China. It begins at the confluence of the Ulan Moron and Dangqu rivers, before flowing southeast and meeting the Jinsha River near the border ... is formed. The Dangqu has been discovered to be the actual and the longest headwater of the Yangtze River under modern criteria, although the nearby Ulan Moron or Tuotuo was traditionally regarded as the primary river of the two. Moron Us Traditionally, the Dangqusometi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China National Highway 109
China National Highway 109 connects Beijing with Lhasa. It runs westwards from Beijing via Datong, Yinchuan and Xining to Golmud before turning southwest to Lhasa. The portion of the highway from Xining to Lhasa is known as the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. The total length of the route is 3,901 km. Fushi Road or Jinglan Road forms the stretch of G109 in Beijing, as it begins from Fuchengmen and traverses through Shijingshan. The majority of the Beijing section is in Mentougou District. The section of the highway within western Qinghai and Tibet, from Golmud to Lhasa, is paralleled by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The highway reaches its highest elevation of at Tanggula Pass. Construction of this section started on 11 May 1954. "Tasked with carrying upwards of 85 per cent of goods in and out of Tibet, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway has been dubbed the "Lifeline of Tibet." ... Since it was opened to traffic in 1954, the central government has spent nearly 3 billion yuan (US$362 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagqu Prefecture
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Autonomous regions of China, Chinese autonomous region of Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa, Shigatse, Chamdo, Nyingchi and Shannan, Tibet, Shannan. The regional area, covering an area of , is bordered by Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Bayingolin and Hotan Prefectures of Xinjiang to the north, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Haixi, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yushu Prefectures of Qinghai and Chamdo to the east, Nyingchi, Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa and Shigatse to the south, Ngari Prefecture to the west. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 462,381. Since its official establishment in 2018, it is the largest prefecture-level city by area in the world, being slightly larger than Sweden. Nagqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
