China: The tiny oasis village of Ak Meqit in the foothills of the Kunlun Shan (Kunlun Mountains) near Karghilik (Karghalik or Kargilik), Xinjiang Province

The Kunlun Mountains (simplified Chinese: 昆仑山; traditional Chinese: 崑崙山; pinyin: Kūnlún Shān) are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. In the broadest sense, it forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim Basin and the Gansu Corridor and continues east south of the Wei River to end at the North China Plain.

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David Henley

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