Sichuan–Tibet Highway
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The Sichuan–Tibet Highway is a high-altitude, long-distance road linking China’s Sichuan Province with Tibet, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery, challenging driving conditions, and strategic importance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sichuan–Tibet Highway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7603125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sichuan–Tibet Highway Context triple: [Eastern Tibet, hasTransportationRoute, Sichuan–Tibet Highway]
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Beijing–Tibet Expressway
The Beijing–Tibet Expressway is a major Chinese highway that connects Beijing with Tibet, traversing several provinces and serving as a key route into the Tibetan Plateau.
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Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
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C.
Suhua Highway
Suhua Highway is a famously scenic yet historically treacherous coastal road in eastern Taiwan that winds along cliffs between Yilan and Hualien, offering dramatic Pacific Ocean views.
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D.
Karakoram Highway
The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
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E.
China National Highway 315
China National Highway 315 is a major Chinese roadway that runs across western regions including Xinjiang, connecting remote cities and towns such as Hotan to the national highway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sichuan–Tibet Highway Target entity description: The Sichuan–Tibet Highway is a high-altitude, long-distance road linking China’s Sichuan Province with Tibet, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery, challenging driving conditions, and strategic importance.
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A.
Beijing–Tibet Expressway
The Beijing–Tibet Expressway is a major Chinese highway that connects Beijing with Tibet, traversing several provinces and serving as a key route into the Tibetan Plateau.
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B.
Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.
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C.
Suhua Highway
Suhua Highway is a famously scenic yet historically treacherous coastal road in eastern Taiwan that winds along cliffs between Yilan and Hualien, offering dramatic Pacific Ocean views.
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D.
Karakoram Highway
The Karakoram Highway is a high-altitude international road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range, renowned as one of the world’s highest paved routes and a key part of the ancient Silk Road corridor.
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E.
China National Highway 315
China National Highway 315 is a major Chinese roadway that runs across western regions including Xinjiang, connecting remote cities and towns such as Hotan to the national highway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway
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road ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chuan–Zang Highway
NERFINISHED
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Sichuan–Tibet Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateLength | over 2000 kilometers ⓘ |
| connects |
Sichuan Province
NERFINISHED
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Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 1950 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| crosses |
Sichuan Basin edge
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multiple high mountain passes ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | Chengdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endPoint | Lhasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazard |
altitude sickness risk
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rockfalls ⓘ snow and ice in winter ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging driving conditions
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dramatic mountain scenery ⓘ high altitude ⓘ landslides ⓘ long distance ⓘ sharp curves ⓘ steep gradients ⓘ strategic importance ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
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surface form:
People's Republic of China
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| maintainedBy |
Chinese government
NERFINISHED
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Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxElevation | over 4000 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| opened | 1954 ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Qinghai–Tibet Highway (as alternative route to Tibet) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
China National Highway 318
NERFINISHED
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road network to Tibet ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Kangding NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyingchi NERFINISHED ⓘ Qamdo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ya'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Tibetan Plateau
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southwest China ⓘ |
| startPoint | Chengdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicFor |
civilian transportation
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economic development of Tibet ⓘ military transport ⓘ |
| terrain |
deep river valleys
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high mountains ⓘ plateau ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
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local travel ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | Lhasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Sichuan–Tibet Highway Description of subject: The Sichuan–Tibet Highway is a high-altitude, long-distance road linking China’s Sichuan Province with Tibet, renowned for its dramatic mountain scenery, challenging driving conditions, and strategic importance.
Referenced by (1)
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