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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 .
Map of the Tibetan Empire at its greatest extent between the 780s and the 790s CE. The history of a unified Tibet begins with the rule of Songtsen Gampo (604–650 CE), who united parts of the Yarlung River Valley and founded the Tibetan Empire. He also brought in many reforms, and Tibetan power spread rapidly, creating a large and powerful empire.
The Valley of the Kings (Tibetan: བོད་རྗེ་པང་སོ, Wylie: bod rje bang so; Chinese: 藏王墓; pinyin: Zàngwáng Mù) or Chongye Valley branches off the Yarlung Valley to the southwest and contains a series of graveyard tumuli, approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) south of Tsetang, Tibet, near the town of Qonggyai on Mure Mountain in Qonggyai County of the Shannan ...
Originating from the Angsi Glacier in western Tibet, southeast of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, it later forms the South Tibet Valley and Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon before passing into the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Downstream from Arunachal Pradesh, the river becomes far wider and is called the Siang.
The Jiuzhaigou valley is part of the Min Mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau and stretches over 72,000 hectares (180,000 acres). It has an altitude of over 4800 meters and is composed of a series of diverse forest ecosystems. [ 2 ]
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.
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.
Old Yatung (Chinese: 老亚东; pinyin: Lǎo Yàdōng), originally just "Yatung", with a native Tibetan spelling of Nyatong [1] or Myatong, [2] is a location 2 miles west of Rinchengang in the lower Chumbi Valley in the present day Yadong County of Tibet. [2] It is in the valley of Yatung Chu, the river that flows down from Jelep La to join the ...