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    The Changtang (alternatively spelled Changthang or Qangtang) is a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into...
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  • The Changtang is part of the Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet and extending into India. Changtang may also refer to: Changtang, Anhua (长塘镇)...
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    Changpa, or Champa, are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtang in Ladakh, India. A smaller number resides in the western regions of the...
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  • ecosystem. The reserve spans the vast and sparsely inhabited northern Tibetan Changtang plateau. The reserve had since been expanded over time. It was upgraded...
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  • Changtang Town (simplified Chinese: 长塘镇; traditional Chinese: 長塘鎮; pinyin: Chángtáng Zhèn) is an urban town in and subdivision of Anhua County, Hunan Province...
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    becomes progressively higher, colder, and drier, until reaching the remote Changtang region in the northwestern part of the plateau. Here the average altitude...
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    extending past Mount Kailash are included in Ngari, and much of the vast Changtang plateau to the north. The Himalayas defined Ü-Tsang's southern border...
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    Taklamakan Desert. To the south of the Kunlun is the sparsely populated Changtang region, which forms part of the Tibetan Plateau. Altyn-Tagh or Altun Range...
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    Nomads on the Changtang, Ladakh...
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  • struggled over the mountains and then trekked across the vast uninhabited Changtang on the Tibetan plateau. It arrived at the first Tibetan outpost on April...
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    National Geographic expedition to make an unsupported crossing of the remote Changtang Plateau in Tibet with Galen Rowell, Rick Ridgeway and Jimmy Chin. The...
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    making the Deosai Plains the second highest plateau in the world after Changtang Tibetan Plateau. The park protects an area of 843 square kilometres (325 sq mi)...
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    light-colored edges. The animals, which live wild on the Tibetan Plateau, the Changtang region,Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai and are under species protection,...
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    pikas and other small mammals also help protect the weasel; Sanjiangyuan, Changtang and Kekexili nature reserves in China are in this category. Another approach...
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  • tonal, Nubra, spoken north of Leh, the Changthang language, spoken in the Changtang region by the Changpa people, and the Zangskari language, spoken in the...
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    Yuanshui 源水瑶族村) Dongkou County (8,473 Yao persons): Naxi 𦰡溪乡 (那溪乡), Changtang 长塘乡, Dawu 大屋乡; Yuexi 月溪, Zhaping 渣坪, Tongshan 桐山 Longhui County (6,151...
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    wild ass (Equus kiang) are endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, of which the Changtang is the westernmost part. The barley fields at Karzok have been described...
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    Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China Arunachal Pradesh Changtang Demchok sector Depsang Plains Ladakh List of locations in Aksai Chin Nelang...
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    Name District Year notified Protected species Note Changtang Wildlife Sanctuary Leh 1987 Kiang, Black-necked crane Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary 1987 Chiru...
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    obtained from Tibetan goats. It was imported to India from Yarkant and Changtang (Chinese Tibet). The wool was considered valuable for certain shawls....
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    Lhasa established wireless base stations across the borderlands, such as Changtang (Qiangtang) and Chamdo. In 1937, the Tibetan Army had 20 detachments along...
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    Argali horns outside temporary roadside cafe, Changtang, Ladakh...
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    deer, and gazelles. Towards the west, the ecoregion is on the southern Changtang plateau, a part of the greater Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This area is a high...
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    Wild kiang on the Changtang...
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    Wolf in Changtang, Tibet...
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    with the eastern half of Nyima County. Much of the county is within the Changtang area. Both Tibetan and Chinese name translates to "twin lake" or "two...
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    Tibetan antelope in the Changtang Nature Reserve...
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    Autonomous Region, China. The northern part of the county is within the Changtang area. With an area of 62,349 km2 (24,073 sq mi) and a population of 33...
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    metres above sea level), was constructed in the area.[citation needed] Changtang "Qinghai Hoh Xil". Zheng, Mianping (1997), An introduction to saline lakes...
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    throne (traditional date 1122 BC). When Kija arrived, Dangun moved to Changtang-kyong and then returned to Asadal, where he became a mountain god at the...
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