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Bayan Har Mountains
mountains, Asia
Also known as: Bayankala Mountains
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geography of Qinghai
- In Qinghai: Land
…of the province extend the Bayan Har (Bayankala) Mountains (a spur of the Kunlun Mountains), which help delineate the northern limit of the Plateau of Tibet region in Qinghai and serve as the watershed of the headwaters of the Huang He (Yellow River) and Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). In the…
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headwaters of Yellow River
- In Yellow River: The upper course
…feet (4,600 metres) in the Bayan Har Mountains, in the eastern Plateau of Tibet. In its upper reaches the river crosses two large bodies of water, Lakes Ngoring and Gyaring. Those shallow lakes, each covering an area of about 400 square miles (1,000 square km), are rich in fish and…
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