Major Ranges and Mountains

Name Location Elevation Main peak name Main peak height(m)
Himalayas On the border in south Tibet Averaging 6,000 (m) Qomolangma(China and Nepal) 8848
GangdiseMountains Southwest Tibet About 6,000 Kangrenbogi 6714
Tanggula Mountains Stretching from north-east Tibet to Qinghai-Tibet border 6,000 Geladandong 6621
Nyainqentanglha Mountains Tibet 5,000-6,000 Ntainqentanglha 7126
Kunlun Mountains Between Xinjiang and Tibet 5,000-7,000 Muztag 7723
Karakorum Mountains Xinjiang Above 6,000 Qogir 8611
Bayanhar Mountains Central Qinghai 5,000-6,000 Yagradagze 5442
Tianshan Mountains Central Xinjiang 3,000-5,000 Tomur 7435
Altay Mountains North Xinjiang 1,000-3,500 Youyi (China and Mongolia) 4374
Qilian Mountains West Gansu and northeast Qinghai Above 4,000 Tuanjie 5826
Qinling Mountains Extending from Gansu and Qinghai in the west to Henan in the east 2,000-3,000 Taibei 3767
Hengduan Mountains West Sichuan and Yunnan and east Tibet 2,000-6,000 Gongga 7556
Nanling Mountains Hunan-Jiangxi-Guangdong-Guangxi border 1,000 Yuecheng 2123
Greater Hinggan Mountains West Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang 1,500 Huanggangliang 2029


Last Updated on 98-10-22
By China Data Center