File:Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet (1909) (14779732531).jpg

Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi (find matches)
Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952
Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
^.f, 13.5°, and 17.2°. Thecold increased as we mounted higher. We came to anexpansion in the valley where three glacier streams uniteto lorm the Buptsang-tsangpo, just as in the case of theBrahmaputra, and also on the northern flank of one of
Text Appearing After Image:
BUPTSANG-TSANGPO 327 the worlds mightiest mountain systems. Our camp 379(16,112 feet) was pitched close to the river in Bupyung-ring. The eastern headwater comes partly from the Samye-la, partly from mountains adjoining on the south-west.The middle one descends from a massive called Yallak-mallak, and the western from Chomo-gangri; south-eastof this mountain is Lunpo-gangri, which is drained tothe sea, both from its northern and its southern flank(Illusts. 319, 320, 321). Bupyung-ring is one of the finest and most beautifulregions I have seen in Tibet. The flat wide valley,surrounded by mountains with ice and snow, is clothedwith abundant grass and traversed by numerous water-courses. Everywhere are seen traces of camping-places.At the time we passed through only a few tent villagesremained, but the valley is full of life in summer whenthe nomads come down from the north. When themelting of the snows properly sets in during summer, andafterwards in the rainy season, the Buptsang-tsang

Note About Images