| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 Hoh Xil in August | |
 Interactive map of Qinghai Hoh Xil | |
| Location | Qinghai |
| Criteria | Natural: (vii)(x) |
| Reference | 1540 |
| Inscription | 2017 (41stSession) |
| Area | 3,735,632 ha (9,230,950 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 2,290,904 ha (5,660,950 acres) |
| Coordinates | 35°22′49″N92°26′21″E / 35.38028°N 92.43917°E /35.38028; 92.43917 |
  Hoh Xil Location in Qinghai | |
| Hoh Xil | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 可可西里 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 可可西里 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Blue ridge (inMongolic) | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan-origin name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阿卿贡嘉 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿卿貢嘉 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Lord of ten thousand mountains | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||||||
| Tibetan | ཧོ་ཧོ་ཞི་ལི ཨ་ཆེན་གངས་རྒྱབ | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хөх шил | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠰᠢᠯᠢ | ||||||||||
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Hoh Xil orKekexili (Mongolian for "Blue Ridge", alsoAqênganggyai for "Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains"), is an isolated region in the northeastern part ofQinghai-Tibet Plateau. On July 7, 2017, the Hoh Xil inQinghai was listed among theUNESCOWorld Heritage Sites as "the largest and highestplateau in the world".[1]
The region covers 83,000 square kilometres at an average elevation of 4,800 metres above sea level, stretches in the east–west direction between theTanggula andKunlun mountain chains in the border areas of southwest China'sTibet Autonomous Region, northwest China'sQinghai Province and China'sXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The southeastern part of the Hoh Xil, drained by theChumar River (楚瑪爾河), is one of the majorheadwater sources of theYangtze River. The rest of the region isendorheic, with drainage to numerous isolated lakes; this area is sometimes described by hydrologists as the "Hoh Xil lake district".[2] 45,000 square kilometres of the Hoh Xil region, at an average elevation of 4,600 metres, were designated a nationalnature reserve in 1995. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is encompassed of the western half ofZhidoi County and western part ofQumarlêb County inQinghai.Bukadaban Feng is considered part of Hoh Xil.[3]
Hoh Xil is volcanic. The surroundingNorthern Tibet volcanic field contains a number of late-Cenozoic volcanoes. Several Hawaiian-style volcanoes are present in this area. Bamaoqiongzong covers an area of 300 km2 and contains a perfectly preserved edifice NE of the summit and a lava flow that overlies Quaternary lake deposits . The Bamaoqiongzong area contains peralkaline phonolitic and foiditic rocks. Yongbohu contains five dacitic, trachyandesitic and andesitic vents. Qiangbaqian covers a broad area along the southern border of theKunlun mountain range. A cone in the Kekexili caldera, once thought to be observed in eruption on a satellite photo in 1973, is now considered not to have been historically active.[4][5]Synonyms & Subfeatures
Despite the harsh climate, Hoh Xil is home to more than 230 species of wild animals, 20 of which are under Chinese state protection, including thewild yak,wild donkey,white-lip deer,brown bear and the endangeredTibetan antelope orchiru. The abundantplateau pika, a small burrowing rodent, is the main food of the region's brown bears; the bears also feed on the yak and antelope.[6] The hitherto little-known region, as well as the struggling Tibetan antelope, orchiru, became household names in China upon the release of the filmKekexili: Mountain Patrol in 2004. Zhuonai Lake (卓乃湖) in Hoh Xil is known as a gathering place for the Tibetan antelope.[7]
TheQingzang Railway andChina National Highway 109 run along the eastern boundary of the reserve.[8] TheFenghuoshan Tunnel, presently the world's highest railway tunnel (1338 m long, with entrances located at an elevation of 4905 metres above sea level), was constructed in the area.[citation needed]
可可西里地区山峦绵延起伏，{...}有青海第一高峰布喀达板峰
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