Gangdise

The Gangdise mountains stretch across southern Tibet north of the great Yarlung Tsangpo valley. In the country around Ngamring, high ridges and enclosed basins give way southwards to the river and its tributaries. The mountains form part of the Transhimalayan system, separated from the Himalayan chain by the Tsangpo valley. Their high, dry slopes frame a landscape of scattered settlements, pastures and religious sites in western Tsang.