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Yamdrok Lake. The geography of Tibet consists of the high mountains, lakes and rivers lying between Central, East and South Asia.Traditionally, Western (European and American) sources have regarded Tibet as being in Central Asia, though today's maps show a trend toward considering all of modern China, including Tibet, to be part of East Asia.
Glaciers of Tibet — the glaciers of the Himalayas located within Tibet. Pages in category "Glaciers of Tibet" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Rongbuk Glacier (simplified Chinese: 绒布冰川; traditional Chinese: 絨布冰川; pinyin: Róngbù Bīngchuān) is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet. Two large tributary glaciers, the East Rongbuk Glacier and the West Rongbuk Glacier , flow into the main Rongbuk Glacier.
Sketch map of Kharta and environs. Kharta [note 1] (Chinese: 卡达) is a region in Tibet lying to the east of Mount Everest and centred on the Kharta valley and Kama valley. [note 2] The 40-kilometre (25 mi) Kharta valley starts at the col at Lhakpa La at the head of the Kharta Glacier from which the Kharta Chu (Chinese: 卡达曲) river flows east to join the Phung Chu just beyond Khata village.
Angsi Glacier- Tibet; Bayi Glacier - Qinghai; Hailogou Galicer - SiChuan; July 1 Glacier - GanSu; Kangshung Glacier- Tibet; Laigou Galicer - Tibet; Midui Galicer - Tibet; Mingyong Glacier - Yunnan; Muzart Glacier - Xinjiang; Purog Kangri Glacier - Tibet; Puruogangri - Tibet; Rongbuk Glacier - Tibet; Sarpo Laggo Glacier - Xinjiang; Teram Kangri ...
all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) Civil Affairs Announcement all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City) 1983-10-07: parts of Lhasa (PL-City) Nyingchi Prefecture: established: ↳ Mêdog County: ↳ Mêdog County: transferred ↳ Mainling County: ↳ Mainling County: transferred
Gawalong Glacier (Chinese: 嘎瓦龙冰川, 嘎瓦隆冰川, 嘎隆拉冰川, Tibetan: དགའ་བ་ལུང་གི་གངས་རི།), or Glacier of Gawalong Valley, is a temperate valley glacier in Bomê County, Tibet, spanning 18.6 km² with a length of 9.3 km. Located at 4,300–5,600 meters elevation in the Nyainquentanglha Range, it features a 2.1 km² debris-covered ...
The ice field is the largest in the North of the Tibetan Plateau. It is made up of several ice caps with a total area of 422.58 square kilometres (163.16 sq mi) as of 2002, and a volume of about 52 cubic kilometres (12 cu mi). The glacier snow line is 5,620 to 6,860 metres (18,440 to 22,510 ft) above sea level. [5]