Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture topographic map
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About this map
Name: Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Average elevation: 13,609 ft
Minimum elevation: 11,847 ft
Maximum elevation: 15,830 ft
The lay of the land of the prefecture is largely determined by the Amne Machin mountain range (max elevation 6,282 m), which runs in the general northwest- to-southeast direction across the entire prefecture, and beyond. The existence of the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River, which first flows for several hundreds of kilometers toward the east and southeast along through the entire Golog Prefecture, along the southern side of the Amne Machin Range, until it reaches the borders of Gansu and Sichuan; it and then turns almost 180 degrees and flows toward the northwest for 200–300 km (120–190 mi) through several prefectures of the northeastern Qinghai, forming a section of the northeastern border of the Golog prefecture.