Where are the Kunlun Mountains located in Asia?

The Kunlun Mountains are a major mountain system located in southern Central Asia. They stretch approximately 1,250 miles (2,000 km) from the Pamirs in Tajikistan in the west to the Kunlun Pass and the central Qinghai province in China in the east.1

In their western sections, these mountains serve as a significant geographic barrier, or rampart, situated between the Plateau of Tibet to the south and the Tarim Basin in western China to the north. To the north of the range lies the Takla Makan Desert, while the southern face of the mountains borders the high-elevation Tibet Autonomous Region.1