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[4] The South Tibet Valley is formed by the Yarlung Zangbo River during its middle reaches, where it travels from west to east. The valley is approximately 1200 kilometers long and 300 kilometers wide. The valley descends from 4500 meters above sea level to 2800 meters. The mountains on either side of the valley are usually around 5000 meters high.
No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m) 1 Kangju Kangri India 6,725 2,147: 4578 2 Lunpo Gangri China 7,095 1,941: 5154 3 Shakangshan China 6,822 1,914
Kawa Karpo is one of the most sacred mountains for Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual home of a warrior god of the same name. [3] [5] [6] It is visited by 20,000 pilgrims each year from throughout the Tibetan world; [7] many pilgrims circumambulate the peak, an arduous 240 km (150 mi) trek [6] Although it is important throughout Tibetan Buddhism, it is the local Tibetans that are the day-to-day ...
For the Bon people, the mountain is the abode of sky goddess Sipaimen and the mountain was the centre of the ancient Bon empire of Zhang Zhung. [12] [81] [82] As per Tibetan beliefs, the mountain was the centre of the universe Mandala and the source of the mythical Lion, Horse, Peacock, and Elephant Rivers which flowed in the four cardinal ...
Mount Nyenchen Tanglha [3] [4] [5] (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng; Tibetan: གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་, Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng) is the highest peak of Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, which together with the Gangdise range forms the Transhimalaya.
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Karjiang is a mountain in Tibet Autonomous Region, located near the Bhutan–Tibet border. The highest peak of the Karjiang group is Karjiang I or Karjiang South, with an elevation of 7,221 metres (23,691 ft); [1] it was summitted on August 14, 2024, by Liu Yang and Song Yuancheng.