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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 .
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 ...
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.
The Angsi Glacier or Nangser Glacier (Tibetan: ངང་སེར་འཁྱགས་རོམ, Wylie: ngang ser 'khyags rom, THL: ngang ser khyak rom) is a glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in the Purang County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [1]
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.
Its glaciated slopes (ice coverage: 3.8 km²) feed the Parlung Tsangpo River and the Yarlung Tsangpo basin.The mountain's thrust-fold structure, exposed in 200-meter-high rock faces, reveals Precambrian gneiss overlying Cretaceous granites due to ongoing tectonic compression (convergence rate: 18 mm/year).
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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 ...