Hoh Xil or Kekexili ( Mongolian for "Blue Ridge", also Aqênganggyai for "Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains"), is an isolated region in the northeastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau . On July 7, 2017, the Hoh Xil in Qinghai was listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "the largest and highest plateau in the world".
24-577: The region covers 83,000 square kilometres at an average elevation of 4,800 metres above sea level, stretches in the east–west direction between the Tanggula and Kunlun mountain chains in the border areas of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region , northwest China's Qinghai Province and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region . The southeastern part of the Hoh Xil, drained by the Chumar River ( 楚瑪爾河 ),
48-565: A tundra climate ( ET ) with long, frigid, very dry winters and short, cool, less dry summers. As of 2020, Tanggulashan is home to a population of 1,750, who reside in 581 different households. Tibetans who live in Tanggulashan largely hail from the Duoma tribe ( Chinese : 多玛部落 ; pinyin : Duōmǎ bùluò ), one of the eight Tibetan tribes in the Amdo region. According to a 2021 publication by
72-496: Is a town in the southwest of Qinghai province, China . It forms the southern exclave of the county-level city of Golmud , in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , partially administrated by Amdo County , Tibet Autonomous Region since 1963 and still officially a territory of Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai under trust administration of Golmud, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai. Before the local administrative reform of 2005, it
96-817: Is a mountain range in the central part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Tibet . Administratively, the range is in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region , with the central section extending into the Tanggula Town and the eastern section entering the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province . Tanggula is the source of the Ulan Moron and Dangqu Rivers ,
120-428: Is around 500 kilometres (310 mi) away (straight-line distance) both from the central city of Golmud and from the town of Gyêgu , the seat of Yushu Prefecture, but it has practical road (and rail) connection only with the former. The Tanggula settlement, also known as Marquwo , Tuotuoheyan , or Togtogquwo , is located at 4,535 metres (14,879 ft) above sea level in the central part of Tanggula Mountains , as
144-559: Is located near the highway and railway crossing of the Tuotuo River , which is one of the headwaters of the Yangtze . This settlement is served by the Togtogquwo railway station . Other settlements in the same highway/railway corridor, further south, are Tongtian Heyan (" Tongtian Riverside "), Yanshiping , Wenquan , and Tanggula Bingzhan ("Tanggula Military Post"). Most of the town's area
168-498: Is mountainous, and open grasslands cover much of the town's remaining area. Grazing is prohibited or highly regulated on much of Tanggulashan's grasslands. Tanggula Town is administratively divided into 8 village-level units (seven nomads' committee and one villagers' committee). The region is sparsely populated, with the registered population of 1,286 (year 2006) and the present population estimated at about 1,900. Most of these people live in several small villages located along
192-415: Is now considered not to have been historically active. Synonyms & Subfeatures Despite the harsh climate, Hoh Xil is home to more than 230 species of wild animals, 20 of which are under Chinese state protection, including the wild yak , wild donkey , white-lip deer , brown bear and the endangered Tibetan antelope or chiru . The abundant plateau pika , a small burrowing rodent, is the main food of
216-471: Is one of the major headwater sources of the Yangtze River . The rest of the region is endorheic , with drainage to numerous isolated lakes; this area is sometimes described by hydrologists as the "Hoh Xil lake district". 45,000 square kilometres of the Hoh Xil region, at an average elevation of 4,600 metres, were designated a national nature reserve in 1995. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is encompassed of
240-689: Is the tallest peak in the range. The Qinghai-Tibet Highway and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway cross the Tanggula Mountains at Tanggula Mountain Pass . This is the highest point of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and the highest point of any railway in the world, at 5,072 metres (16,640 feet) above sea level. On account of snow and occasional road accidents, highway closures and concomitant traffic delays are not uncommon. The mountains lie within
264-427: Is thought to be the "scientifically sound" target of 53,600. Besides overgrazing by livestock, the local pasture land also suffers depredation by rats. After some attempts to poison them (with obvious side effects), in 2009 the local authorities started a campaign to attract birds of prey to the area, hoping that they would help to keep the rat population under control. For this purpose, 830 bird perches were erected in
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#1732852459337288-653: The Golmud city government, 247 people in Tanggulashan are members of the Chinese Communist Party . The traditional occupation of the local residents is the raising and breeding of livestock. Specific breeds of sheep and yak , such as the Tanggula yak ( Chinese : 唐古拉牦牛 ; pinyin : Tánggǔlā máoniú ) and the Tibetan sheep ( Chinese : 藏羊 ; pinyin : Zàng yáng ), have received geographical indication from
312-478: The Ministry of Agriculture of China . As of 2020, the average annual income for a herder in Tanggulashan totaled 29,020 renminbi (RMB). According to the local authorities in Golmud , overgrazing is a concern in the area, as it is throughout the southwestern Qinghai. As a result, grazing is restricted and limited in certain areas, and projects are underway to reduce the livestock population in Tanggulashan to what
336-461: The Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion . This Tibet location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tanggula Town Tanggulashan ( simplified Chinese : 唐古拉山镇 ; traditional Chinese : 唐古拉山鎮 ; pinyin : Tánggǔlāshān Zhèn ; lit. ' Tanggula Mountains town', Standard Tibetan : གདང་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། ), or Dangla Town ,
360-429: The Duoma tribe ( Chinese : 多玛部落 ; pinyin : Duōmǎ bùluò ), a tribe of Tibetans , to flee to present-day Tanggulashan. In the early 1960s, the administrative divisions of Qinghai and Tibet were reorganized, and the area of Tanggulashan was placed under the jurisdiction of the province of Qinghai. Tanggula Town is an administrative unit that occupies 47,540 square kilometres (18,360 sq mi) in
384-473: The Golmud- Lhasa highway and railway corridor ( China National Highway 109 and Qinghai-Tibet Railway ). At Tanggula Pass on the southern border of the province, the railway leaves Qinghai for Tibet, and therefore the Tanggula railway station , which is located a short distance south of the pass, is actually outside of Tanggula Town, and is already within the Tibet Autonomous Region . Tanggulashan has
408-481: The eastern boundary of the reserve. The Fenghuoshan Tunnel , presently the world's highest railway tunnel (1338 m long, with entrances located at an elevation of 4905 metres above sea level), was constructed in the area. Tanggula The Tanggula ( Chinese : 唐古拉山 , p Tánggǔlāshān , or 唐古拉山脉 , p Tánggǔlāshānmài ), Tangla , Tanglha , or Dangla Mountains ( Tibetan : གདང་ལ་། , w Gdang La , z Dang La )
432-449: The geographic headwaters of the Yangtze River . It functions as a dividing range between the basin of the Yangtze in the north and the endorheic basin of northeastern Tibet in the south. The elevations of the main ridge average over 5,000 m (16,404 ft). The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range; Geladandong , 6,621 metres or 21,722 feet high, located in Tanggula Town ,
456-516: The region's brown bears; the bears also feed on the yak and antelope. The hitherto little-known region, as well as the struggling Tibetan antelope, or chiru , became household names in China upon the release of the film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol in 2004. Zhuonai Lake ( 卓乃湖 ) in Hoh Xil is known as a gathering place for the Tibetan antelope. The Qingzang Railway and China National Highway 109 run along
480-408: The southwestern corner of Qinghai province. It borders on the Tibet Autonomous Region in the south and west, and on Qinghai's Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the east and north. The western "panhandle" of Yushu Prefecture separates Tanggula Town from the rest of Haixi Prefecture, making it an exclave of Golmud City and of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture . Tanggula Town
504-503: The summit and a lava flow that overlies Quaternary lake deposits . The Bamaoqiongzong area contains peralkaline phonolitic and foiditic rocks. Yongbohu contains five dacitic, trachyandesitic and andesitic vents. Qiangbaqian covers a broad area along the southern border of the Kunlun mountain range. A cone in the Kekexili caldera, once thought to be observed in eruption on a satellite photo in 1973,
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#1732852459337528-571: The town's name indicates. The town's area includes the Geladaindong Peak , a mountain which stands at 6,621 metres (21,722 ft) in elevation. The mountain is notable for its proximity to the source of the Tuotuo River , which itself is one of the sources of the Yangtze River . The area around the peak is protected as part of the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve , which the town is located near. The main settlement
552-454: The western half of Zhidoi County and western part of Qumarlêb County in Qinghai . Bukadaban Feng is considered part of Hoh Xil. Hoh Xil is volcanic. The surrounding Northern Tibet volcanic field contains a number of late-Cenozoic volcanoes. Several Hawaiian-style volcanoes are present in this area. Bamaoqiongzong covers an area of 300 km and contains a perfectly preserved edifice NE of
576-466: Was known as Tanggula Township ( 唐古拉乡 ). It is the only place in China simultaneously under jurisdiction of three prefectures. The town spans an area of approximately 48,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi), and has a population of 1,750 as of 2020. The town's name is Tibetan for "mountain that eagles cannot fly over". On the eve of the annexation of Tibet by China , a local rebellion broke out in nearby Yushu , causing many members of
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