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The Trans himalaya (also spelled Trans-Himalaya), or "Gangdise – Nyenchen Tanglha range" (Chinese: 冈底斯-念青唐古拉山脉; pinyin: Gāngdǐsī-Niànqīngtánggǔlā Shānmài), is a 1,600-kilometre-long (990 mi) mountain range in China, India and Nepal, extending in a west–east direction parallel to the main Himalayan range.
The Trans-Himalayan Multi-dimensional Connectivity Network (abbreviated as THMCN and sometimes referred to as the Trans-Himalayan network) is an economic corridor between Nepal and China and part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, a global development initiative that develops connectivity especially across Eurasia.
The Transhimalayas — a north-south running mountain subrange of the Himalayas System, in Tibet, Myanmar, and Sichuan & Yunnan provinces & the Tibet Autonomous Region of southern China. Subcategories
Tectonic units of the Himalaya. Green is the Indus-Yarlung suture zone.Red is the Transhimalaya where Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains lies. Lhasa to the east. One source says the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains range is about 1,000 km (620 mi) in length.
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.
Kailash Range is the western subrange of the Transhimalaya system, while Nyenchen Tanglha is the eastern subrange of Transhimalaya. Kailash range has Koyul Ridge to its south, Pangong Range (a subrange of Karakoram Range) to its west, Skakjung pasture & Dumchele border trade village to its south near the disputed India-China "Line of Actual ...
It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. The peak of Mount Kailash is located at an elevation of 6,638 m (21,778 ft), near the western trijunction between China, India and Nepal. Mount Kailash is located close to Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes.
Sven Hedin: Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, Volume 1 1909 VOL. II; Sven Hedin: Southern Tibet. 11 text and 3 map volumes. Stockholm 1917–1922. VOL. VIII; Reports from the scientific expedition to the north-western provinces of China under leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The sino-Swedish expedition. Over 50 volumes to date ...