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[7] [15] [16] The plateau is a pseudo-karst surface etched by heavy rainfall. [13] The highest point is 2,810 m (9,219 ft) above sea level, located at the southern end of the plateau and the highest point in the state of Bolívar , [ 7 ] [ 9 ] [ 16 ] 8.25 km (5.13 mi) north of the summit is another high point with an elevation of 2,772 m (9,100 ...
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 .
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. River
Tassili n'Ajjer is a plateau in south-eastern Algeria at the borders of Libya, Niger, and Mali, covering an area of 72,000 km 2. [2] It ranges from east-south-east to Its highest point is the Adrar Afao that peaks at 2,158 m (7,080 ft), located at
Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The geography of Mesopotamia, encompassing its ethnology and history, centered on the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates.While the southern is flat and marshy, the near approach of the two rivers to one another, at a spot where the undulating plateau of the north sinks suddenly into the Babylonian alluvium, tends to separate them still more ...
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 .
The eastern Yungui Plateau is largely drained by the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze. Major lakes have formed in the Yunnan portions of the Yungui Plateau, including Dian Chi and Fuxian Lake. Erhai Lake is located on the plateau's western edge at the southern base of the Hengduan Mountains. [1]
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.