The Daxue Range or Daxue Mountains ( Chinese : 大雪山山脉, 大雪山 ; pinyin : Dàxuě Shān ; Wade–Giles : Ta-hsüeh Shan ; lit. 'Great Snow Mountains') are a great mountain range in the western part of Sichuan province in Southwest China . It is part of the Hengduan Mountains , a complicated system of mountain ranges of western Sichuan, which itself is adjacent to the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
6-664: The Daxue Mountain Range runs for several hundred kilometers in a general north-south direction, mostly within Sichuan's Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture . The Daxue Range marks a transitional zone between the arid Tibetan Plateau and the wetter Sichuan Basin. It separates the basins of the Yalong River (to the west) and the Dadu River (to the east). Both rivers flow in the general southern direction, and are tributaries of
12-400: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Garz%C3%AA Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 30°02′58″N 101°57′44″E / 30.0495°N 101.9623°E / 30.0495; 101.9623 Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , often shortened to Ganzi Prefecture , is an autonomous prefecture in the western arm of Sichuan province, China bordering Yunnan to
18-593: The Yangtze . The tallest peak of the range, the Gongga Shan (Minya Konka), measures 7,556 meters in height. It is located in the southern part of the range. To the east and south of the Gongga Shan , the Daxue Mountains are adjacent to the smaller Daxiangling and Xiaoxiangling ranges, which, however, are usually considered by cartographers as separate ranges. This Sichuan location article
24-587: The Tibetans formalizing his control of the area east of the upper Yangtze , which corresponds roughly with eastern Kham (see Sino-Tibetan War ). In 1950, following the defeat of the Kuomintang forces by the People's Liberation Army , the area fell within the control of the People's Republic of China . Eastern Xikang was merged with Sichuan in 1955, where Garzê became an Autonomous Prefecture. According to
30-608: The period of rule by the Republic of China (1912–49) , Garzê became nominally part of the province of Xikang , which included parts of former Kham. In 1930, the Tibetan army invaded Garzê, capturing it without much resistance. However, in 1932, the Tibetan army withdrew after suffering defeats elsewhere at the hands of the warlord of Qinghai , Ma Bufang . Chinese warlord Liu Wenhui reoccupied Garzê, and signed an agreement with
36-480: The south, the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west, and Gansu to the north and northwest. The prefecture's area is 151,078 square kilometres (58,332 sq mi). The population is approximately 880,000, with Tibetans accounting for 77.8% of the total population. The capital city of Garzê is Kangding (Dartsedo). Garzê was traditionally part of the historical region of Kham . During
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