Driving in Karakoram Range China side in Xinjiang along the borderline between China and Pakistan, Tibet to Xinjiang direction on the China National highway G219 from Kudi to Kekeya through Kudi Mountain Pass.
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⏺ Karakoram Range, The second highest mountain range in the world
In the Karakoram Mountains, "Karakoram" comes from the Turkic word meaning "black rock mountain". The Karakoram Mountains are the most developed mountain glaciers in the world and one of the famous mountains in Asia.
It extends from the easternmost part of Afghanistan to the southeast for about 480 kilometers. The width is approximately 240 kilometers and the length is 800 kilometers. The average altitude is more than 5,500 meters. It is the place with the largest concentration of the longest glaciers outside high mountains and high latitudes in the world. The borders of Tajikistan, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India all radiate within this mountain range, giving this region enormous geopolitical significance. Karakoram originates from the transliteration of the word "black river" or "black water" in Xia language, which appeared in English works in the early 19th century.
⏺ CHINA NATIONAL HIGHWAY G219
Xinjiang-Tibet Highway, traditionally refers to National Highway 219 (while the central section of National Highway 216 is called the second line of Xinjiang-Tibet Highway), it starts from the zero-kilometer stele in Yecheng County, Kashgar, Xinjiang in the north, and ends in Lazi County, Shigatse, Tibet in the south. The 2,140-kilometer stele in Wuxiang is where the China-Nepal Highway section of National Highway 318 intersects, also known as Yela Highway. You can go to Lhasa instead of going from Urumqi to Lhasa, which is an important route to Tibet.
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