TANGGULA SHAN

täng-goo-lä shän or Tanglatäng-lä, däng-lä, mountain range, southeast extension of the Karakorum range, in the central Tibetan plateau, on the Tibet-Qinghai border, W China; rises to about 20,000 ft (6,100 m). It is the watershed for the Thanlwin and Mekong rivers. Tanggula Shankou (Tang Pass), alt. 16,760 ft (5,108 m), is on the main route connecting Tibet with the rest of China.

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The Mekong: Environment and Development
Book by Hiroshi Hori; United Nations University Press, 2000
Subjects: Mekong River Watershed--Environmental Conditions, Water Resources Development--Mekong River Watershed
...section (2,000 km) The Mekong originates in the Tanggula Shan Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, more specifically...located on the northern side of the eastern section of the Tanggula Shan Range. At the outset, the river takes a south-eastern...
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The Geography of Contemporary China: The Impact of Deng Xiaoping's Decade
Book by Terry Cannon, Alan Jenkins; Routledge, 1990
Subjects: China--Economic Conditions--1976-2000, China--Economic Policy--1976-, China--Social Conditions--1976-2000
...Taiyuan 34 Taklamaken desert 89 - 90 Tang dynasty 67 , 69 Tanggula Shan 87 , 89 Tangkiangkou reservoir 98 Tangshan 25 , 180...208 , 277 Three Gorges reservoir see Sanxia project Tian Shan 80 , 82 , 85 , 87 , 89 , 90 , 93 Tiananmen Square demonstrations...


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Tanggula Shan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TANGGULA SHAN tang-goo-la shan or Tangla tang-la, dang-la, mountain range, southeast extension...100 m). It is the watershed for the Thanlwin and Mekong rivers. Tanggula Shankou (Tang Pass), alt. 16,760 ft (5,108 m), is on...


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