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Southern Tibet [1] [2] [3] is a literal translation of the Chinese term "藏南" (pinyin: Zàng Nán), which may refer to different geographic areas: . The southern part of Tibet, covering the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River Valley between Saga County to the west and Mainling County to the east, as well as neighbouring areas located between the Himalayas to the south and the ...
It is located in the southern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the south-central part of Xigazê. [6] It borders Dinggyê County and Sa'gya County to the east, Nyalam County to the west, Ngamring County to the north, Lhatse County to the northeast, and Nepal to the south. [6]
The current borders of the Tibet Autonomous Region were generally established in the 18th century [8] and include about half of historical Tibet. The Tibet Autonomous Region spans over 1,200,000 km 2 (460,000 sq mi), and is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, after Xinjiang. Due to its harsh and rugged terrain, it is ...
Tibet (/ t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 藏区; pinyin: Zàngqū), or Greater Tibet, [1] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 470,000 sq mi (1,200,000 km 2). [2] It is the homeland of the Tibetan people.
The main problem that the South Tibetan detachment is expected to help resolve is the method of emplacement of the GHC between the LHS and THS within the Himalaya. [5] There are three models that help explain this emplacement: wedge extrusion, channel flow , and tectonic wedging .
Qonggyai County is located in southern Tibet and is surrounded by mountains. It has an average elevation of about 3900 meters, with a maximum altitude of 6450 meters. [citation needed] It is in a temperate semi-arid plateau monsoon climate zone, with an annual frost-free period of about 125~53 days.
Gonggar County is located in southern Tibet and has a total area of 2,283 square kilometres (881 sq mi). The Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra River), the mother river of Tibet, flows through the Gonggar County and among other counties of Shannan, and is thus rich in water resources. Set in west to east direction, the county is a plateau land ...
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.