Kunlun Muntains

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Kunlun Mountains
Kūnlún Shān
View o Wastern Kunlun Shan frae the Tibet-Xinjiang highway
Heichest pynt
PeakKunlun Goddess
Elevation7,167 m (23,514 ft)
Geografie
KintraChina
State/ProvinceTibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang
Range coordinates36°N 84°E / 36°N 84°E / 36; 84Coordinates: 36°N 84°E / 36°N 84°E / 36; 84
Mairches onGobi Desert

The Kunlun Montains (simplifeed Cheenese: 昆仑山; traditeeonal Cheenese: 崑崙山; pinyin: Kūnlún Shān; Wade–Giles: K'un1-lun2 Shan1, pronounced [kʰu̯ə́nlu̯ə̌n ʂán]; Mongolie: Хөндлөн Уулс Hundlun) are ane o the langest muntain chains in Asie, extendin mair nor 3,000 km. In the broadest sense, it forms the northren edge o the Tibetan Plateau sooth o the Tarim Basin an the Gansu Corridor an continues east sooth o the Wei River tae end at the North Cheenae Plain.