Mayum La
Appearance
Mayum La | |
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Elevation | 5,211 m (17,096 ft) |
Traversed by | G219 |
Location | Burang, Ngari, Tibet, China |
Range | Gangdise Shan, Transhimalaya, Tibetan Plateau |
Coordinates | 30°36′53″N 82°25′38″E / 30.6147°N 82.4271°E |
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Tibetan | མ་ཡུམ་ལ | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 马攸木拉 | ||||||
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Mayum La (Chinese: 马攸木拉达坂), also known as Mariám La,[1] is a mountain pass to the east of Lake Manasarovar. It separates the drainage divide of the Dangque Zangbo, which is a headwater of Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra), and Langqen Zangbo (Sutlej River) in Tibet.
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Hungerford Holdich, Tibet, the Mysterious, Asian Educational Services, 1996 - Tibet Autonomous Region (China), p.233, accessed at Google Books 2014-09-21