Kunlun Muntains
Appearance
Kunlun Mountains | |
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Kūnlún Shān | |
View o Wastern Kunlun Shan frae the Tibet-Xinjiang highway | |
Heichest pynt | |
Peak | Kunlun Goddess |
Elevation | 7,167 m (23,514 ft) |
Geografie | |
Kintra | China |
State/Province | Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang |
Range coordinates | 36°N 84°E / 36°N 84°ECoordinates: 36°N 84°E / 36°N 84°E |
Mairches on | Gobi 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.