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Definition of Kunlun Mountains
1. Noun. A mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles.
Group relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Terms within: Muztag, Muztagh, Ulugh Muz Tagh, Ulugh Muztagh
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kunlun Mountains
Literary usage of Kunlun Mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. China: Her History, Diplomacy and Commerce from the Earliest Times to the by Edward Harper Parker (1901)
"At present there seems to be no long-distance caravan trade along the direct
roads between Tibet and Lob Nor across the Kunlun Mountains. ..."
2. Chinese Art by Stephen Wootton Bushell, Victoria and Albert Museum (1904)
"... writes in the 2nd century BC :— " On the summit of the Kunlun mountains there
is a gigantic bird named Hsi- yu which faces the south, it stretches out ..."
3. Asia by Jo Ellen Moore (1999)
"|I Kunlun Mountains 1 ^i Deccan Plateau [I Gobi Desert | | Plateau of Tibet I
Himalaya Mountains [__ Siberia Tien Shan Taklimakan Desert I 1 Arabian ..."
4. Cutting Off the Serpent's Head: Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995by Tibet Information Network, Robert Barnett, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Human Rights Watch (Organization) by Tibet Information Network, Robert Barnett, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"... the Tibetan area west of the Yangzi river and south of the Kunlun mountains.
This is the only area recognized by modern- day China as "Tibet. ..."
5. Central Eurasian Water Crisis; Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas by Iwao Kobori, Michael H. Glantz (1998)
"The Amudarya, which starts from the Kunlun mountains and runs north-west through
the Pamir Heights into the Aral Sea at its south shore, has a river course ..."
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