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The mythological Kunlun is based on various sources—mythologic and geographic—of the modern so-called Kunlun Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and Mount Kailash (as an archetypal omphalos). The term "Kunlun" has also been applied to Southeastern Asian lands or islands and seemingly even Africa—although the relationship to the mountain is ...
In 1884, there were still open stretches of uncultivated land between villages in the lower Golan, but by the mid-1890s most were owned and cultivated. [97] Some land had been purchased in the Golan and Hawran by Zionist associations based in Romania, Bulgaria, the United States and England, in the late 19th century and early 20th century. [98]
Bara Pani is the largest of the rivers that traverse Deosai National Park. Deosai National Park is located in Western Himalayas in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. It has an average elevation of 4,114 metres (13,497 ft) above sea level, making the Deosai Plains the second highest plateau in the world after Changtang Tibetan Plateau .
Plateaus of Asia, areas of a highland consisting of flat terrain, that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides have deep hills. Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers. Plateaus are classified ...
White represents the limestone that makes up the Akiyoshidai karst plateau towards the north-east of the geopark. Karst formations can be seen in Akiyoshidai karst plateau, the largest karst plateau in Japan; these were once coral reefs that formed in the southern sea and were carried towards the continent on the oceanic plate 300 million years ...
The 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 .
Lhasa, [a] officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, [b] is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. [4]Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of 3,656 metres (11,990 ft), Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world.
The Yungui Plateau is a large mountainous region with rugged terrain including steep karst peaks and deep gorges. [5] The plateau is buttressed by the large Hengduan Mountains to the northwest and by lowland regions to the north, east, and southeast. Other major mountain ranges cross or surround portions of the Yungui Plateau.