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The Kailash Range, Kailas Range, Gangdisi Mountains, Gangdese Range, Gangdisê Range or Gangdise Shan, is a mountain range on the Tibetan Plateau in Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region.


Geography

It is the western subrange of the Transhimalaya system. The
Nyenchen Tanglha The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (officially spelt Nyainqêntanglha Mountains in Chinese) are a long mountain range, and subrange of the Transhimalaya System, located in Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Geography One source ...
is the eastern subrange. One of the Gangdise Shan's peaks, Mount Kailash, is a sacred place in four religions.


See also

* Gangdese batholith (geology of the area) *


References


Further reading

* * Mountain ranges of Tibet Transhimalayas Tibetan Plateau {{China-mountain-stub