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Mountain Range	Height of Mountain Peak (m)	Height of Snow Line (m)	Glacier Area (sq.km)

Altay Mountains	4374	3000--3200	287
Tianshan Mountains	7435	3600--4400	9548
Qilian Mountains	5826	4300--5240	2063
Pamirs	7579		2258
Kunlun Mountains			11639
Karakorum Mountain	8611	5100--5400	3265
Tanggula Mountains	6137		2082
Qiangtang Plateau	6596		3566
Nyainqentanglha Mountains	7111	4500--5700	7536
Hengduan Mountains	7556	4600--5500	1456
The Himalayas	8848	4300--6200	11055
Gangdisi Mountains	7095	5800--6000	2188