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March 8, 2014
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Tibetan Plateau

Wikipedia

 
pl:Wyżyna Tybetańska
ja:チベット高原
zh:青藏高原

image:TibetplateauA2002144.0440.500m.jpg|thumb||300px|NASA satellite image of Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau is a large, elevated region in Central Asia, covering much of Tibet. It occupies an area of around 1000 by 2500 kilometers, and has an average elevation of over 5000 meters. Called "the roof of the world," it contains the world's tallest mountain range, the Himalayas, as well as Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. The plateau was formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate|Indo-Australian and Eurasian Plate|Eurasian tectonic plates in the Cenozoic period (approximately 55 million years ago), although the process is still ongoing.

The uplift of the plateau is thought to have had a significant effect on climate change, and it is believed to affect the Asian monsoon.

Several of the world's longest rivers have their sources on the Tibetan Plateau:

  • Chang Jiang (or Yangtze River)

  • Huang He (or Yellow River)

  • Indus River

  • Ganges River

  • Brahmaputra

  • Mekong


Between them, these rivers carry 25% of the world's mud.



  • Geography of Tibet




  • http://www.mala.bc.ca/~earles/tibet-uplift-feb03.htm


Category:PlateausCategory:Tibet

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Tibetan Plateau".


Last Modified:   2005-03-13


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