otl 3ana^a kt> BOCTOKy. noqBa paBHHHT> rjiHHHCTaH, pf >Ke 

 rjiHHHCTO-necqanafl, OTqacra rajieqimfl, pfjjKo qncTo nec- 

 qaHan, cojiOHqaKH nacTBi , TaKB hto ^ajKe BOjja Hf koto- 

 pbixTb pfqeKb cojeHan; 6\iH>Ke kt> xpe6TaMT> h no cf- 



BepHLIMT. CKJIOHaMT. HXT>, IIO 60Jlfe BT> BOCTOHHOH HaCTH, 



BCTpf qaiOTCH nacTO SojitmiH KoqKOBaTBiH 6ojiOTa. Xpe6- 



TBI, XOTH H ^OCTHraiOT^ BeCLMa 3HaHHTe.lbHOH a6COJUOTHOH 



bbicotli, no OTiioHieHiio kt> HaropLK) KaatyTCH hcbbico- 

 khmh, ckjiohli hxt> nojiorie, OHepTanifl OKpyrjieHHLia, 3a 



HCKJIK)HeHieMT> IieMHOrOHHC.lieHHLIXT> nOKpLITLIXT> Bf HHLBTL 



CHfroM^ BepuiHHi, bt> 19 — 20000*. h. m., HHr/rf Bnpo- 



HeMT> Iie C06paHHLIXT> BT> Hf CKOJIBKO 3IiaHHTejJBHyK) cnjioui- 



Hyio Hf>nL; nepeBajiLi Be.3/i,f neKpyTLie npf/i,Ko no/i,HflTLie 

 Ha/TL paBHHHOK) BLiine ni>MT> Ha 1000 *yTOB'L. R&me ca- 

 mlih BLicoKin nepeBajrB (16700 <i>. n. m.), qepe3T> xpe- 

 6eTb TaiiT>-Jia, jiejKHTL Bcero Ha 2100*. BLime aojihhli 

 p. Hht>-h3li (MypT>-ycy hjih ^li-hio), KOTopafl MejK/ry 

 t-bm-l BpfeaHa rJiyoHte (13000 *. n, m.), qfMi> KanaH- 



JIH60 APyrafl H3T> TH6eTCKHXT> pfKT>. 



Bcf 3th ropiibie xpeSTLi, cy/m noHXT>napajuiejiH3My 

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 r.UBiiLifl uf nii KOToparo pacnojio>KeHbi bao.tl cf Bepnofi 

 OKpaiuibi naropLsi. llo MiifHiio oapoHa PnxTro<i>ena, 

 Ky3iiL-JH0HL — /iJininif iiuiaH, npHMeiiuiaH, ciijiouil nocTpo- 

 eHiiafl no o/uiOMy n TOMy >Ke njiany, n /ipeBnfHiuan H3- 

 BfcTHan ropnaa cncTeMa, TaK-L CKa.3aTL no.3BOHoqHbifi 

 ctojiot. A3in, noAiwTieM-L CBoero crf nooopa3Haro rpeona 

 npeB0CX0Anui,afl Bcf ocTa.iLHLifl ropni>ifl n.fnn 3eMiiaro 

 uiapa, no blicotok) BepuiHii-L co BpeMeneM-L cdjilho pa3- 

 pyuieiniLix r L ycTyiiaioui,afl rnMajiaio, no/uiflTie Koroparo 

 noc.if/iOBajio no3>Ke. Bt> KvrtiiTj-.iwnf mojkho pa3JraiHTL 

 Tpn noApa.sTLJieiiin : BOCToqiibiii, nepecfKaiouriii Bep- 

 xoblh >Kejiroii pfKii, cocTaBJiHKUuiii y>i;e BT>KHTaiici;nx"L 

 npe/rfjiax-L BO/;opa3/i,fJiT> MeatAy neio n oacceiiHOM^ p. 

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 tobt>, iipoiniKaioui,nx'L orqacTH /i,ajieKo bt> r/JiyoL KiiTaa, 

 3aTfMi> cpe/uiin Ky9Hi>-juonL , paciiojio>KemiLiH kt> iory 

 ott> HaiiAaMajH iiaK0HeHT>3anaj;HLiH, cocraBJieHHbiH Bcero 



H3T> AByX^b 6J1H3KO CTOflIU,HX'b APJTTb KT> /jpyry uf nCH. 



CpeAHiii Kv3ht>-jik)hl , iian6ojife n3CJif/iOBannLin 

 IIpHteBajiLCKnM-L, coctohtl H3i> Tpexi> OT/rf .1LHLIXT> uf ■ 

 nefi, qacTH kotoplixt> hochtl pa3JinqiiLiH Ha3BaHifl. Haci> 

 KacawTCfl tojilko BOCToqiiLifl nacTH hxt>, ryrf co6paiiLi 

 pacTCHia, a noTOMy aocTaToqno oyj^eT-L npnBecTH Ha3Ba- 

 Hifl TOJibKO BOCTOHHfiiuiHXTb ufneii: caMaa cfBepHafl, Ha 



reosum, rarius mere arenosum, campi salsi frequentes, 

 adeo ut aqua rivulorum nonnullorum salsa fiat, propius 

 montes et in eorum clivo septentrionali, sed frequen- 

 tius tractu orientali, saepe occurrunt paludes caespito- 

 sae magnae. Montes, etiamsi altissimi sint, a planitie 

 aspicienti tamen haud alti apparent, latera non ardua, 

 cacumina rotundata habent, iis non numerosis exceptis 

 qui nive aeterna tecti 19—20000 p. s. m. attingunt, 

 sed nusquam in seriem continuam aliquantum longam 

 dispositi sunt; trajectus ubique leniter acclives plani- 

 tiem raro plus quam mille pedibus superant; quin 

 etiam altissimus trajectus (16700 p. s. m.) jugi Tang- 

 latantum 2000pedibus altior est quam vallis fl. Yang- 

 tze (Mur-ussu vel Dytschii hac parte dicti), quae tamen 

 profundius incisa est (13000 p. s. m.), quam ullum 

 aliud flumen Tibeticum. 



Omnia haec montium juga propter similem direc- 

 tionem et dispositionem parallelam ad systema Kuen- 

 liin pertinent, cujus juga principalia per marginem 

 borealem Tibetiae procurrunt. Hoc systema 1. baro a 

 Richthofen longissimum directissimum ubique eadem 

 ratione constructum et antiquissimum quod quidem 

 nobis cognitum sit, quasi spinam dorsalem Asiae esse 

 judicat, altitudine dorsi muri instar exstructi omnia 

 reliqua juga orbis terrarum excedens, sed summis fa- 

 stigiis tempore valde destructis a Himalaico systemate 

 serius surrecto superatum. Kuen-lun dividere possu- 

 mus in tres partes : orientalem qui superiorem fl. Hoang- 

 ho trajicit atque jam intra fines Chinae divortium 

 aquarum fl. Hoang-ho et Yang-tze constituit et e jugis 

 septem parallelis constat, quorum nonnulla usque in 

 Chinam interiorem progrediuntur; tum Kuen-liin me- 

 dium a Tsaidamo ad meridiem situm, denique Kuen- 

 liin occidentalem e jugis duobus tantum inter se proxi- 

 mis compositum. 



Kuen-liin medius, aPrzewalskioomniummaxime 

 exploratus, componitur e jugis singularibus tribus, 

 quorum partes diversae variis nominibus ab incolis 

 appellantur. Nobis tantum extremae partes orientales 

 memoria retinendae sunt ubi plantae collectae sunt, ex 

 his jugis septentrionale Tsaidamo finitimum Burchan- 



