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0145 Southern Tibet : vol.7
Southern Tibet : vol.7 / Page 145 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000263
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qu'on grimpe en allant, lesquelles sont en grand nombre ont beaucoup plus d'élévation sur
le terrain qui est à l'Orient du Côté de la Chine, que sur celui qui est à l'Occident du
côté du Thibet.
A la vérité il faut que ces petites montagnes, où la petite Rivière d'Altangkol prend
sa source, soient extrêmement élevées au-dessus du niveau de la Mer, puisque cette Rivière
qui est assez rapide va se jetter dans les Lacs de Tsing sou haï, & que le Fleuve Hoang
ho qui sort de ces Lacs à environ cent lieues d'un cours fort rapide, jusqu'à son embouchûre
dans la Mer Orientale de la Chine: quand on commence à entrer dans le Thibet, le terrain
va en baissant, & le climat, y est aussi beaucoup plus tempéré.
From Si-ning to Potala thus a 46 days' journey was reckoned, including the
passage of Tang-la, and more or less the same road that had been taken by
GRUEBER, DORVILLE and VAN DE PUTTE, and in later years was followed by HUC and
GABET, and, partly, by PRSHEVALSKIY and ROCKHILL. The statement of the existence
of habitations nearly everywhere is, of course, exaggerated. From Si-ning to the
source of the Hwang-ho, a journey of 20 days is estimated. The general view
regarding the altitudes is interesting. From Si-ning to the boundaries of Tibet,
i. e. the country south of the Tang-la, the ground is said to rise sensibly the whole
way. There are a large number of mountains. The N. E. slopes facing towards
China are much steeper than the S. W., facing towards Tibet. Altan-gol, which is
regarded as the source river of Hwang-ho, is correctly supposed to be situated at
a considerable height. At the entrance of Tibet the ground begins to fall, which is
indeed the case, as also HUC has pointed out in his Souvenirs. Tibet Proper is
reckoned as beginning south of Tang-la, and Nakchu is the first place one comes
to. As compared with the inhospitable climate of Tang-la, the air may indeed be
said to be warm and agreeable in the country farther south.¹