Tanggula Mountains
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| Highest peak | Geladaindong ( 6621 m ) | |
| location | Qinghai , Tibet ( PR China ) | |
| Part of | Tibet highlands | |
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| Coordinates | 34 ° N , 91 ° E | |
The Tanggula Mountains ( Chinese : 唐古拉山 脉, Pinyin : Tánggǔlā Shānmài ; officially also: Dang La ; Tibetan གདང་ ལ Wylie gdang la ; also: Nyenchen Thanglha ( གཉན་ ཆེན་ ཐང་ ལྷ gnyan chen thang lha )) is a mountain range in the highlands of Tibet .
It is located in the east of the Karakoram-Tanggula Mountain System 喀喇昆仑 - 唐古拉山 系 , where it marks the border between the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai .
The Yangtze River , the longest and richest river in Asia, has its source in the Tanggula Mountains .
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