Bayan Har Mountains

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The Bayan Har Mountains are a remote mountain range on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in China, known for their high-altitude terrain and role as a major watershed dividing the sources of several important Asian rivers.

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Label Occurrences
Bayan Har Mountains canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
administrativeRegion Qinghai
surface form: Qinghai-Tibet border region
associatedWith Sanjiangyuan National Park
surface form: Sanjiangyuan region
biodiversity alpine grasslands
permafrost ecosystems
climate cold continental
highland climate
continent Asia
country China
countrySubdivision China
surface form: People's Republic of China
drainageDivideBetween Pacific Ocean basin
interior Asian endorheic basins
ecologicalImportance headwaters conservation area
ecoregion Qinghai-Tibet Plateau alpine meadow
elevationCategory high-altitude
geologicalAge Cenozoic uplift
geologicalFeature uplifted plateau mountains
highestPoint Mount Amnye Machen
humanActivity pastoralism
hydrologicalRole divide between endorheic and exorheic basins
knownFor major watershed divide
remote location
role in Asian river systems
languageOfToponym Mongolic languages
locatedIn Qinghai
surface form: Qinghai Province

southwestern Gansu Province
locatedOn Tibetan Plateau
mountainSystem Kunlun Mountains
surface form: Kunlun Mountains system
nameMeaning rich black mountains
near Sanjiangyuan National Park
surface form: Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve
partOf Bayan Har tectonic block
eastern Tibet
surface form: eastern Tibetan Plateau orogen

eastern Tibet
surface form: northeastern Tibetan Plateau
populationDensity sparsely populated
region western China
separates Mekong River
surface form: Mekong River basin

Yangtze River basin
Yellow River basin
sourceRegionOf headwaters of the Mekong River
headwaters of the Yangtze River
Yellow River
surface form: upper Yellow River
tectonicSetting Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone
surface form: India-Eurasia collision zone
terrain alpine
traditionalInhabitants Tibetan herders
transportAccessibility limited road access
watershedFor Mekong River
Yangtze River
Yellow River

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Yellow River sourceLocation Bayan Har Mountains
Yellow River basin sourceRegion Bayan Har Mountains