Tibetan Plateau (Paperback)


High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Tibetan Plateau (Tibetan:, Wylie: bod sa mtho), also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan (Qingzang) Plateau (Chinese: pinyin: Q ngzang G oyuan) is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai, in addition to smaller portions of western Sichuan, southwestern Gansu, and northern Yunnan in Western China and Ladakh in India. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620mi) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600mi) east to west. The average elevation is over 4,500 metres (14,800ft), and all 14 of the world's 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) and higher peaks are found in the region. Sometimes called "the roof of the world," it is the highest and biggest plateau, with an area of 2.5 million km2 (0.97 million sq. mi., or about four times the size of France).

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Tibetan Plateau (Tibetan:, Wylie: bod sa mtho), also known as the Qinghai-Tibetan (Qingzang) Plateau (Chinese: pinyin: Q ngzang G oyuan) is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai, in addition to smaller portions of western Sichuan, southwestern Gansu, and northern Yunnan in Western China and Ladakh in India. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620mi) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600mi) east to west. The average elevation is over 4,500 metres (14,800ft), and all 14 of the world's 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) and higher peaks are found in the region. Sometimes called "the roof of the world," it is the highest and biggest plateau, with an area of 2.5 million km2 (0.97 million sq. mi., or about four times the size of France).

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Book on Demand

Country of origin

Russian Federation

Release date

2013

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First published

2013

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Dimensions

279 x 210 x 5mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

86

ISBN-13

978-5-511-09856-2

Barcode

9785511098562

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LSN

5-511-09856-6



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