Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Changtang.
Thousands of Pashmina goats may have perished in recent heavy snowfall around the nomadic areas of Changthang on the Sino-Indian frontier of the Ladakh region, officials said on Friday.
2013 February 22, Ashok Pahalwan, “Pashmina goats perishing in heavy snow on Indian frontier”, in Paul Casciato, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2022, Cyclical Consumer Goods2 more examples
Although the area of Ali Prefecture is around the same size as Italy or the state of Arizona (300,000 sq km), it is dominated by the barren Changthang Plateau and is sparsely populated with only approximately 70,000 people.
2000, “To Kailash”, in Atsushi Kanamaru, editor, Mapping the Tibetan World, 1st edition, Kotan Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136, column 1Meanwhile, some 15,000 feet above sea level, I was simply trying to breathe. Here on the Changthang plateau, in a remote region of the Indian Himalayas, the altitude had left me lightheaded and gasping for air.
2022 February 14, Ronald Patrick, “Glimpses of Northern India’s Vanishing Nomads”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2022
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Changthang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changthang
“Changthang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changthang. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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