The Shaluli Mountains (), known in
Tibetan
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as Powor Gang,
are a large mountain range in western
China
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between the Upper
Yangtze
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(Jinsha) and
Yalong Rivers. It is one of the core ranges of the
Hengduan group of mountains. The Shaluli Mountains stretch over 500 km from
Dege County Dege may refer to:
* Derge, a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China
* Dêgê County
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,
Sichuan
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in the north to
Shangri-La County,
Yunnan
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in the south. The highest peak of the range is
Ge'nyen Massif at above sea level. Other subranges in the Shaluli Mountains include the
Chola Mountains
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to the north, the
Zhaga Mountains to the east, the
Yading massif in the south, and
Haba Snow Mountain at the southern edge of the range.
The Shaluli Mountains were historically part of the
Kham
Kham (; )
is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...
region of
Tibet
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and are now mostly administered as part of
Garze Prefecture in modern-day Sichuan Province.
Litang is the major population centre in this mountain region.
The major peaks of the range outside of the Chola Mountains include:
*
Ge'nyen ()
*
Yangmolong
Yangmolong is a mountain situated in Batang County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan, China. Part of the Shaluli Mountains
The Shaluli Mountains (), known in Tibetan as Powor Gang, are a large mountain range in western China between the Upper Yangt ...
()
*
Chenresig ()
*
Chana Dorje
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()
*
Jampelyang
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()
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Xiashe ()
*
Garrapunsum ()
*
Haba Snow Mountain ()
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Mountain ranges of Sichuan
Mountain ranges of China
Mountain ranges of Tibet