The geotraverse from Yecheng to Shiquanhe on the western Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, totally 1056km in length, passes through the western Kunlun Mountains and the eastern end of the Karakorum Mountains. The Chinese-French scientists investigated this geotraver
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