Hengduan Mountains | 横断山脉 (Héngduàn Shānmài) The Hengduan Mountains form one of Asia’s most dramatic and biologically important mountain regions. Stretching across southwestern China along the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, this immense system is defined by high north–south ridges, snow-covered summits, deep river gorges, ancient forests, and enormous differences in elevation. Rather than …
