Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Ch'iang-t'ang

Pinyin �Qiangtang�, Tibetan �Byang Thang� enormous alpine basin in the northern part of the Tibetan autonomous ch'� (region), China. With an average elevation of more than 16,500 feet (5,000 m) above sea level, it lies between the Kunlun Mountains to the north and the T'ang-ku-la Mountains and A-ling Mountains to the south and stretches 800 miles (1,300 km) from the mountain complex called the Pamir Knot in the west to the region of the Tsaidam

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