Changtang
Changtang proper noun: a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into southeastern Ladakh, India.
Proper noun
Changtang
- A part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into southeastern Ladakh, India.
- In elevation the lowest limit of Changtang may be reckoned about 13,800 feet, and the highest of Rong 14,300, the mean line of demarcation being 14,000 feet.1853 November 22, H. Strachey, Physical Geography of Western Tibet, Royal Geographical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22
- Written by two American professors of anthropology on the basis of their scientific study and investigation in Qangtang area, Tibet, for 10 months from 1986 to 1988: description of the way of life of the Tibetan herdsmen and their economy and life before and after the peaceful liberation...[1994, Catalogue of Chinese Publications in Tibetan Studies (1949-1991), 1st edition, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252, column 2
Examples of Changtang in a sentence
- Our path across the trackless Changtang was littered with the impressive skulls and horns of wild yaks slaughtered by the modern-day poachers of Tibet.2002, Michel Peissel, Tibet: The Secret Continent, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33:
- Remote and unknown to outsiders, that is: the Changtang is also home to about half a million nomadic herders, or drokba.2005, Nick Middleton, Extremes Along the Silk Road: Adventures off the World's Oldest Superhighway, John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page...
- It appeared to us at twilight, in the hollow of a ledge, flanked to the north by the sharp incisors of the Kunlun peaks soaring to 6,000 meters, and to the south by the Changtang.2021 December 3, Liesl Schillinger, quoting Sylvain Tesson, “Books That Satisfy Your Yearning for Far-Off Places”, in The New York Times...
Forms of Changtang
| alternative form | Chang Tang |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Chang Thang |
| alternative form | Changthang |
| alternative form | Qangtang |
Origin of Changtang
From Tibetan བྱང་ཐང (byang thang).
Questions about Changtang
- What does Changtang mean?
- Changtang means a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into southeastern Ladakh, India.
- How do you use Changtang in a sentence?
- Our path across the trackless Changtang was littered with the impressive skulls and horns of wild yaks slaughtered by the modern-day poachers of Tibet.
- What part of speech is Changtang?
- Changtang is a proper noun.
Words near Changtang in the dictionary
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