Transhimalaya

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Part of the Nyainqentanglha chain in Trans Himalaya

The Trans Himalayan, also Gangdise - Nyainqentanglha Mountains (冈底斯-念青唐古拉 山脉, Gāngdǐsī - Niànqīngtánggǔlā Shānmài ) outdated, Hedingebirge, is a mountain range in southern Tibet, which extends substantially parallel to the Himalayas in the east-west direction. Sometimes it is seen as part of the extended Himalayan mountain system.

To name

The designation of the Trans Himalaya shows Western perspective of viewing India as the mountains extend "beyond" ( trans-) of the Himalayas. In the region itself, the name " Trans- Himalayas " is largely unknown, the western part of the mountain is referred to there as Gangdise and the eastern part as Nyainqentanglha. The name Hedingebirge was assigned in the late 19th century after his explorer Sven Hedin.

Geography

The Trans Himalayan extends over 1600 km in length, with a north-south width of 80 km, and forms a border mountains of the Tibetan plateau, and thus the watershed between the inland rivers and into the sea which opens rivers, as well as the boundary line between North and South Tibet. It is in the south of the great river valleys of the Indus / Satluj and Yarlung Zangpo ( Brahmaputra ) separated from the Himalayas.

The mountain range reaches an average height of about 5800-6000 meters, with increases at the eastern and western end. Few peaks rise beyond this height zone and reach heights of 6500 meters, isolated over 7000 m. To the south, the mountains drop precipitously into the Talungen from which extend at an altitude 3000-4300 m, and reaches edges around 2000 meters. To the north it is relatively flat in the steppe and often desert-like landscape of the central Tibetan Plateau ( Chang Tang ) with an average altitude of about 5000 m above so that the mountain rises there only about 1000 m from the relief.

The permanent snow line is at about 6000 m. The climate is characterized by very cold winters and relatively warm summers. As the mountain is located in the monsoon shadow of the Himalayas, the rainfall is about 400 mm per year is very low.

The largest city in the Trans Himalayan is Lhasa. The Tibetan capital is located in a high mountain valley in the east of the mountain chain.

Structure

The western, lower part of the mountain range is called Gangdise. The best-known and most striking summit of this mountain is the sacred Mount Kailash for several religions ( Kangrinboqe ) with 6714 m.

The Nyainqentanglha forms the eastern part of the Trans Himalayas, the ( 7162 m) between Lhasa and the lake reaches its highest peak in the mountain of the same Nyainqentanglha Nam Co ( Tengrinor ).