Assam Himalayas
| Assam Himalayas | ||
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| Highest peak | Namjagbarwa ( 7782 m ) | |
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Arunachal Pradesh ( India ), Tibet ( PR China ) |
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| part of | Himalayas | |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 40 ′ N , 93 ° 34 ′ E | |
Assam-Himalaya is a traditional name for a part of the Himalayas between the eastern border of Bhutan in the west to the Tsangpo river, the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra , in the east.
The highest mountain of these mountains is the Namjagbarwa with a height of 7782 m . The 7294 m Gyala Peri is located north of the Namjagbarwa beyond the Yarlung Tsangpo . Other high mountains in the Assam Himalayas are the Kangto ( 7090 m ), the Nyegi Kangsang ( 7047 m ), the Takpa Shiri ( 6655 m ) and the Gorichen ( 6488 m ).
The area of the Assam Himalayas has hardly been explored and so far only few foreigners have entered it.
The name "Assam-Himalaya" is misleading as some parts of the mountain range are in the southeast of Tibet and others extend to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh . Assam is the name of the Indian state that borders Arunachal Pradesh in the south.
The area of the Assam Himalayas is part of a strongly rugged low mountain range on which a tropical, evergreen rainforest and cloud forest has grown due to its humid monsoon climate . In the far west this vegetation is declining and the less forested landscapes of Tibet can be found again. Areas of Arunachal Pradesh were administered from Tibet's capital Lhasa until the late 1940s.
China does not officially recognize India's legal claim to Arunachal Pradesh, but there is a defined line between India and China, the McMahon Line , which both sides accept and which stabilizes the situation in this area.
literature
- Kangto Massif at library.thinkquest.org
- Jill Neate: High Asia: An Illustrated History of the 7000 Meter Peaks . Mountaineers Books (1990). ISBN 0-89886-238-8