The specific location of Kunlun Mountain?

Kunlun Mountain is located at the junction of Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet in China.

The Kunlun Mountains are a tall mountain range that runs across western China. It starts from the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau in the west and reaches the upper reaches of the Qaidam River valley in the east. It connects with the Bayan Har Mountains and Animaqing Mountain (Ji Shi Mountain) at 97° to 99° east longitude, with a total length of more than 2,500 kilometers; The widest point from north to south is at 90° east longitude, which is 350 kilometers, and the narrowest point is near 81° east longitude, which is 150 kilometers.

The height difference between the northern part of the Kunlun Mountains and the basin is 3,500 to 4,500 meters, and the height difference between the southern part and the plateau is 500 to 1,500 meters. The Kunlun Mountains are separated from the Tarim Basin and Qaidam Basin by deep faults. The neotectonic movement in the Kunlun Mountains is extremely strong, rising by approximately 4,000 to 5,000 meters since the Late Tertiary.

The northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains is close to the center of the driest Asian continent. It belongs to the warm temperate Tarim Desert and Qaidam Desert. The annual precipitation increases slightly with the increase of the mountain altitude. The warm temperate desert is replaced by the alpine desert. It is composed of unique cushion-like camel's hair and Tibetan chrysanthemum. Originating from the rivers on the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains, they have a long history and converge into the internal water systems of the Tarim Basin and Qaidam Basin.

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The mountain ranges of the Kunlun Mountains are divided into:

The Kunlun Mountains are higher in the west and lower in the east. According to the terrain, they are divided into three sections: west, middle and east: located in West Kunlun There are 3 peaks with an altitude above 7,000 meters, and 7 peaks with an altitude above 6,000 meters, with an average altitude of 5,500 to 6,000 meters. In the Central Kunlun Mountains, there are 8 peaks with an altitude above 6,000 meters, with an average altitude of 5,000 to 5,500 meters. The north slope The snow line is 5,100 to 5,800 meters; there are 4 peaks above 6,000 meters above sea level in East Kunlun Mountains, and 8 peaks above 5,000 meters above sea level. The average altitude is 4,500 to 5,000 meters above sea level. The snow is distributed on the peaks above 5,800 meters above sea level.

The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway in the western section of the Kunlun Mountains runs from Setula in the upper reaches of the Karakash River and Mazar in the upper reaches of the Yarkand River, forming the watershed between the western and middle sections of the Kunlun Mountains. The middle section is located between the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway and the Chelchen River. The nine Daban Mountains are 77° to 86° east longitude. The main vein is slightly arc-shaped to the south. The Keriya Pass and the Kalamilan Pass are the passages connecting Xinjiang and Tibet in this section.

The eastern section spreads out slightly in a fan shape to the east and is divided into three branches: the northern branch is the Qimantage Mountains, which is separated by the Ayakkum Basin to the south, and extends eastward to the Tangsongwula Mountains and the Burhan Buda Mountains. The middle branch of the Argo Mountains extends eastward to Bokarektag, Tanggewula Mountains and Buqing Mountains, and is topographically connected to the Animaqing Mountains; the southern branch forms the main mountain range on the Qingnan Plateau, extending eastward to the connected.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Kunlun Mountains

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