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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.