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Nyainqêntanglha (Tibetan: གཉ་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ་; Wylie: Gnyan-chen-thang-lha; Chinese: 念青唐古拉山, Pinyin: Niànqīngtánggǔlā Shān) is a mountain range that divides Tibet, the watershed between the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) and the Nu (Salween) rivers. "Nyainqentanglha"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.
The range's highest peak, Nyainqêntanglha Feng, stands at 7,162 metres in Damxung County. The mountain range has more than thirty peaks over 6,000 metres high, and four are more than 7,000 metres high. The nearest town is Yangbajain. North of the mountain is Sault lake, and the holy lake Nam Co (Tengrinor) the highest lake in the world at 4,716 metres (15,472 ft). Extending into the center of the lake is Zaxi Peninsula with its Zaxi Temple.
Nyainêntanglha is the subject of many Tibetan fairytales and old folklore.
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