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Tanggula Mountains (also called Dangla Mountains) are a mountain range in Tibet.1 It is located on the Tibetan Plateau with its main ridge averaging more than 5,000 m. The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range and the Geladandong (at 6,621 metres) is the tallest peak in the range.2 A pass through these mountains, Tanggula Mountain Pass, is the highest railway in the world at 4,817 meters above sea level.3
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- ^ "Tanggula Mountains". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ "Desperate Times at the Headwaters of the Yangtze". Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ "New height of world's railway born in Tibet". China View. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
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