Kyagqen Glacier

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Kyagqen Glacier
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location Tibet Autonomous Region ( PR China )
Mountains Nyainqêntanglha Mountains ( Transhimalaya )
length 35.3 km
surface 207 km²
Coordinates 30 ° 28 ′  N , 94 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 28 ′  N , 94 ° 44 ′  E
Kyagqen Glacier (Tibet)
Kyagqen Glacier
drainage Leiqu Zangbo → Yi'ong Zangbo → Parlung Zangbo → Yarlung Zangbo

The Kyagqen Glacier ( Chinese  恰 青 冰川 , Pinyin Qiaqing bingchuan , also 卡钦 冰川 , Qiaqin bingchuan or Kaqin bingchuan ) is the longest glacier in the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains .

It is located in the district of Bome (Powo) of the district of Nyingchi in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . The nutrient area of the glacier lies on the mountains Pk. 6365 and Kona Kangri I . With a length of 35.3 km, it is the longest glacier in the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains and the longest glacier in Tibet. It extends over an area of ​​207 km² or, according to older information, 172 km² or 151.5 km². With a width of the long glacier tongue of less than a kilometer, it is very narrow for a valley glacier .

The Kyagqen Glacier drains into the Leiqu Zangbo ( 勒 曲 藏 布 , Lequ Zangbu ), which flows over the Yi'ong Zangbo ( 易贡 藏 布 , Yigong Zangbu ) with the Lake Yi'ong Co ( 易贡 错 , Yìgòng Cuò ) and Parlung Zangbo ( 帕隆藏布 , Palong Zangbu ) flows into the Yarlung Zangbo .

A special feature of the Kyagqen Glacier is that it has almost no crevasses and also has a very long glacier tongue . The glacier begins at an altitude of 5400 to 5500 m. The glacier tongue is located at an altitude of 2844  m about 10 km northeast of the village of Beng. It ends at 2530  m in a mountain forest.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official spelling of the glacier name after: Naifu Cui, 崔乃夫: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo di ming da ci dian . tape 4 . Shang wu yin shu guan, Beijing 2002, ISBN 7-100-03253-9 , p. 6348 (Large Lexicon of Place Names in the People's Republic of China).
  2. ↑ a b Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya: Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers . Springer Science & Business Media, 2011, ISBN 978-90-481-2641-5 , p. 1173 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ↑ a b Qinye Yang, Du Zheng: La geographie au Tibet . China International Press, Beijing 2003, ISBN 978-7-5085-0271-7 , pp. 51 (French, books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Bulletin of Glacier Research. Issues 6–9. Data Center for Glacier Research, Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, 1988, p. 31.