Mount Muztag | mountain, China | Britannica (original) (raw)

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  In Tibet: Relief
  …Mountains, with the highest peak, Mount Muztag (Muztagh; on the Tibet-Xinjiang border), reaching 25,338 feet (7,723 metres). The western and southern border of the Plateau of Tibet is formed by the great mass of the Himalayas; the highest peak is Mount Everest, which rises to 29,035 feet (8,850 metres; _see_…
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Kunlun Mountains

• In Arkatag Mountains
  Mount Muztag (Muztagh), at its western end, reaches an elevation of 25,338 feet (7,723 metres) and is the tallest peak in both the Arkatag and the Kunlun ranges; Bukadaban Peak, at the eastern end, is 22,507 feet (6,860 metres) high.
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  In Kunlun Mountains: Physiography
  …Mountains at Mount Muztag (Muztagh), which at 25,338 feet (7,723 metres) is the highest point in the Kunluns. To the east the northern rim of the Kunluns then becomes the southern margin of the vast, high Qaidam (Tsaidam) Basin. High valleys with occasional saline lakes intersperse the medial Kunlun…
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