Kuen Lun

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a mountain chain of central Asia, which forms the N. wall of the Tibetan plateau, as the for several work 98 con- He rose rapidly to becoming in 1835 anager of the Atlan- Southern Pacific railwas appointed hat system, and eneral manager ific railroad. He other roads con- On his retirement me chairman of of the Southern considered one of railroad operators in LIC, a state the terformerly a province we, in the W. part of bordered on one side and on the other by is watered by the ation is 2,800,000, is Cossack, and Christian, the Tartar Mos- 86,645 square of the Russian h was followed the empire, the themselves at Ekater- Bohemian violinbegan his career as a 1887, when he played Philharmonic. For rmed at semi-private 1897 performed in uccess in Milan, Rome, He toured Europe 1901 aroused great United States. the founder of the that of the Monthe grandson of proclaimed in 1960, in gon Khan. in Mongolia and Clonghis in 1267: or in 1279 g dynasty. years. He ex Tibet, Pegu, formed the greatest history, embracing the part of Europe, from apan. He died in 1294. wen-lun'), a mountain sia, which forms the Tibetan plateau, as the Himalayas do the S. Starting from the Pamir plateau, the Kuen Lun extends E. The peaks of this region measure from 18,000 to 25,000 feet in altitude, and the passes from 13,000 to 18,000 feet. These mountains were almost unknown till the explorations of the Russian General Prjevalski, 1876-1888.