Known as the '' Spine of Asia" tower north of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 6000 metres above sea level, starting from the Pamirs plateau in the west and extending 2500 kilometres eastward along the boundary of Xinjiang and Tibet. viewed from a distance, the snow-covered peaks of the Kunlun Mountains crisscrossed by glaciers look like a huge silvery dragon wreathed in clouds. In sporing, when the ice and snow being to melt on such imposing peaks as Muztag (7723 metres ), Muzatagata (7546 metres) and Kongur (7719 metres) streams of melt-water flow over the dry land of northwest china and into the changing and Huanghe rivers.
The Kunlun range as it runs east splits into three branches: the Altun range, which becommes the Qilian Mountains ; the Qimantang range; and the Hohxil range, which becomes the Bayanhar range. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway crosses the western part of the Kunlun Mountain Area
The Kunlun range as it runs east splits into three branches: the Altun range, which becommes the Qilian Mountains ; the Qimantang range; and the Hohxil range, which becomes the Bayanhar range. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway crosses the western part of the Kunlun Mountain Area
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