Mount Nyainqêntanglha (officially Nyainqêntanglha Feng, ; Chinese: 念青唐古拉峰, Pinyin: Niànqīng Tánggǔlā Fēng), or Nyainqêntanglha Peak is the highest peak of Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, who divides Tibet, the watershed between the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) and the Nu (Salween) rivers. "Nyainqên Tanglha"means "the ?? God of Grassland" in the Tibetan language. It is located at 90'61 E and 30'41 N, in Damxung county in the Nyingchi Prefecture of Tibet.
Nyainên Tanglha is the subject of many Tibetan fairytales and old folklore.
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