Kunlun

The eastern Kunlun stretches across northern Tibet towards the headwaters of the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. Its high ridges separate the arid Qaidam Basin from the plateau to the south. In Chinese tradition Kunlun was also a mountain of myth, the dwelling of the Queen Mother of the West. The Bayan Har range continues the mountainous divide eastwards towards the lakes at the Yellow River's source.