Altyn-Tagh Mountains

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The Altyn-Tagh Mountains are a major mountain range in northwestern China that form part of the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and act as a natural barrier between the plateau and the surrounding desert basins.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
actsAs natural barrier ⓘ
administrativeRegion People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
borderRegionOf Qaidam Basin ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
cold desert ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
ecosystemType alpine desert ⓘ
cold steppe ⓘ
extendsInto Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

Qinghai ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
faultType strike-slip fault ⓘ
forms northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
geologicalSetting northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
geomorphologicalRole transition zone between high plateau and desert basins ⓘ
hasGeologicalImportance major intracontinental strike-slip fault system ⓘ
hasLanguageVariant Altun Shan ⓘ
Altun Tagh ⓘ
hasRelief high ⓘ
hasSnowCover seasonal ⓘ
hasTectonicFeature Altyn Tagh Fault ⓘ
hasVegetation sparse ⓘ
highestPointElevation_m ~6248 ⓘ
highestPointName Sulamutag Feng ⓘ
hydrologicalRole source region for endorheic basins ⓘ
isPartOf Tibetan Plateau orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Plateau
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern China ⓘ
locatedNear Qaidam Basin ⓘ
Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
nameLanguage Uyghur ⓘ
linked to: Uyghurs
nameMeaning Golden Mountain ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
orogenyType Cenozoic intracontinental orogeny ⓘ
partOf northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
physiographicProvince Tibetan Plateau margin ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
Inner Asia ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia
separates Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau from Qaidam Basin ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau from Tarim Basin ⓘ
surrounding desert basins ⓘ
tectonicPlate Eurasian Plate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarim Basin → borderedBy → Altyn-Tagh Mountains ⓘ
Altyn-Tagh Mountains → hasLanguageVariant → Altun Shan ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Altyn-Tagh Mountains → hasLanguageVariant → Altun Tagh ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Qilian Mountains → partOf → Altyn-Tagh–Qilian orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Qaidam Basin → borderedBy → Altun Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Altyn Tagh Fault → adjacentTo → Altyn Tagh Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Sulamutag Feng → locatedIn → Altyn-Tagh mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Sulamutag Feng → highestPointOf → Altyn-Tagh mountain range ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Golden Mountain → hasNameInUyghur → Altyn-Tagh ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Golden Mountain → hasTransliteration → Altyn-Tagh ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Golden Mountain → partOf → Altyn-Tagh mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains
Qílián Shān → mountainSystem → Altyn-Tagh–Qilian–Kunlun system ⓘ
linked to: Altyn-Tagh Mountains