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Bookmark or Share- History, Map, Capital, Population, Language, & Facts - BritannicaTibet is on a high plateau—the Plateau of Tibet —surrounded by enormous mountain masses. The relatively level northern part of the plateau is called the Qiangtang; it extends more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from west to east at an average elevation of 16,500 feet (5,000 metres) above sea level.
- Tibetan Plateau - WikipediaThe Tibetan Plateau, [a] also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [b] and Qing–Zang Plateau, [c] is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia. [ d ] . Geographically, it is located to the north of Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent , and to the south of Tarim Basin and Mongolian Plateau .
- Plateau of Tibet | Himalayas, Plateau Region, Plateau Lakes - BritannicaPlateau of Tibet, vast high plateau of southwestern China. It encompasses all of the Tibet Autonomous Region and much of Qinghai province and extends into western Sichuan province and southern Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang.
- Tibetan Plateau: All Facts about It - China HighlightsThe Tibetan Plateau is known as "the roof of the world" as it's the highest and largest plateau on Earth. At elevation 3,000–5,000 meters (10,000–16,000 feet), it is the birthplace of several of the world's major rivers in South Asia and East Asia.
- Tibetan Plateau - WorldAtlasCovering an area of about 2,500,000 sq. km and with an average elevation of more than 4,500m, the Tibetan Plateau (also referred to as the Himalayan Plateau/Qinghai-Tibet Plateau) is considered as the world’s highest and largest plateau.
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