Kunlun Mountains
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The Kunlun Mountains constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than 3,000 kilometres. In the broadest sense, the chain forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau so
View of Western Kunlun Shan from the Tibet–Xinjiang highway
Karakash River in the western Kunlun Mountains, seen from the Tibet–Xinjiang highway
The Kunlun Pass
Peak in Kunlun range
Pamir Mountains
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The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountain ranges, namely the Tian Shan, the Karakoram, the Kunlun, the Hindu K
Kunlun Mountains
…at its source. The name seems to have originated as a semi-mythical location in the classical Chinese text Classic of Mountains and Seas. From the Pamirs of Tajikistan, the Kunlun Mountains run east through southern Xinjiang to Qinghai province, stretching along the southern edge of the Tarim Basin…
Pamir Mountains
High Asia Mountain Ranges
Kongur Tagh (left) and Kongur Tiube (slightly to the right) as seen from the Karakoram Highway
Slopes of Pamir Mountains on the Chinese side and Muztagh Ata