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Kunlun (k n`l n`), great mountain system of central Asia, between the Himalayas and the Tian Shan, extending c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) E from the Pamir Mts., along the Tibet-Xinjiang border in W China and into Qinghai prov., where it branches into the mountain ranges of central China; it rises to 25,340 ft (7,724 m) in Muztag (Ulugh Mus Tagh), NE Tibet. The Kunlun's main branches are the Altun Mts. (Altyn Tagh) and Nan Shan in the north; the Min Shan in the south; and the Qinling Shan in the east. The Kunlun system acts as a natural barrier between N Tibet and the Tarim basin of Xinjiang; streams rising on the northern slope of the Kunlun disappear into the basin's desert sands. Great sections of the system are inaccessible and uninhabited; there is a very small nomad population, and yaks are the beasts of burden in the high mountain passes.Kunlun, Kuenlun, Kwenlun a mountain range in China, between the Tibetan plateau and the Tarim Basin, extending over 1600 km (1000 miles) east from the Pamirs: the largest mountain system of Asia. Highest peak: Ulugh Muztagh, 7723 m (25 338 ft.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Anyway, out of this debacle rises Kunlun (Jang Dong-Gun), a lowly slave whose ability to outrun stampeding bovines - sometimes even sideways, on perpendicular canyon walls - impresses the great General Guangming (Hiroyuki Sanada). Eventually Xia Xiandong and Tang Kunlun were elected party secretaries of Lianhua and Dongchan townships, with 122 and 321 votes respectively. The Tibetan plateau sits amid a swarm of mountain ranges including the Tian Shan, Pamirs, Kunlun and the world's tallest peaks in the Himalaya. |
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