Chang Thang

A form of Changtang — A part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into southeastern Ladakh, India.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Changtang

    In between, we travel on a luxurious houseboat in “Happy Valley,” the famed Vale of Kashmir, as well as visit the “Chang Thang,” the desolate plains of Tibet, sometimes called “the roof of the world.”

    1964, Lora Bryning Redford, Nathan Goldstein, “About the book”, in Getting to know the northern Himalayas: Kashmir, Tibet, Assam, New York: Coward-McCann
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APA

Chang Thang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chang%20Thang

MLA

“Chang Thang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chang%20Thang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chang Thang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chang%20Thang.

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