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[edit]DescriptionImage from page 164 of "Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet" (1909) - 14596196118.jpg |
English: Identifier: transhimalayadis02hedi
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: y. The viewis grand on all sides. From north-west to north-eastextends a confused sea of mountains, the crests andramifications of the Trans-Himalaya, intersected by thenorthern tributaries of the upper Tsangpo. To the southwe have a panorama magnificent and overpowering in itsfascinating wildness and whiteness, an irregular chain ofhuge peaks, sharp, black, and fissured, sometimes pointedlike pyramids, sometimes broad and rounded, and behindthem we see firn-fields from which the snow slides downto form glaciers among the dark rocks. Prominent in thesouth is the elevation Ngomo-dingding, and from itsglaciers the Kubi-tsangpo derives a considerable part of itswater. To the west - south - west lies the Dongdong,another mass with glaciers equally extensive, and to theright of it are heights called Chema-yundung-pu, fromwhich the river of the same name takes its rise, and flowsdown circuitously to the confluence at Shamsang. To thesouth-east the position of the Nangsa-la is pointed out to Text Appearing After Image: 240. Lama in mv Boai. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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