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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.
With a much lower latitude, the ice in Tibet reflected at least four times more radiation energy per unit area into space than ice at higher latitudes. Thus, while the modern plateau heats the overlying atmosphere, during the Last Ice Age it helped to cool it. [41] This cooling had multiple effects on regional climate.
The Purog Kangri ice field is at at an elevation of 6,072 metres (19,921 ft) above sea level. [4] 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).
Muztagh Ata is #43 (top left area) on this location map from List of highest mountains. Muztagh Ata (meaning 'Ice Mountain Father' in English), formerly known as Mount Tagharma and Wi-tagh, is the second highest of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, with an elevation of 7,546 m (24,757 ft). [2]
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.
Nagqu is extremely rich in water resources, with a total surface water resources of about 54 cubic kilometres (13 cu mi), groundwater resources of about 25.1 cubic kilometres (6.0 cu mi) and a further 8.8 cubic kilometres (2.1 cu mi) in glacial ice storage. The region contains 81% of Tibet's lakes, covering a total area of over 30,000 square ...
A satellite image of Tibet/Xizang Political map; Tibet Autonomous Region within China. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tibet: . Tibet is a plateau region in Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people.
Tibet Autonomous Region Nyingchi Prefecture Mêdog County north of McMahon Line: Parent range: Nyenchen Tanglha Shan: Climbing; First ascent: October 31, 1986 by Y. Hashimoto, H. Imamura, Y. Ogata. [2] Easiest route: rock/snow/ice climb