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Relief map of the Tibetan Plateau. The Tibetan Plateau is a plateau in southern Central Asia. It is the highest plateau in the world, with an average elevation of 4,500 meters and covering an area of roughly 2.5 million square kilometres.
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 .
For all these reasons, Jaggang is considered a key border village of Chinese-controlled Tibet and it is frequently presented as such in official media. [22] The village is located about 80 kilometers from the county seat of Rutog Town, and 80 kilometres northeast of the Dumchele border trading point in the Skakjung valley (Indus valley). [14]
The second highest peak, Mount Kailash (6,638 meters or 21,778 feet), is well-known across the world as it is the most sacred mountain in four religions: [3] Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism. [ 4 ] and Bon (which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism) [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
The major rivers rising from the western Gangdise mountains are the Yarlung Tsangpo (which becomes the Brahmaputra), the Indus, the Sutlej and the Karnali, a tributary of Ganges. All these river systems originate within a 60 km (37 mi) stretch in the region. [13] [16] [17] Mount Kailash is located on the banks of Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes.
Kawa Karpo is one of the most sacred mountains for Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual home of a warrior god of the same name. [3] [5] [6] It is visited by 20,000 pilgrims each year from throughout the Tibetan world; [7] many pilgrims circumambulate the peak, an arduous 240 km (150 mi) trek [6] Although it is important throughout Tibetan Buddhism, it is the local Tibetans that are the day-to-day ...
The total land area of Medog County is 31,273.41 square kilometers, of which the actual jurisdiction area is about 6,600 square kilometers. [6] It is located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, at the southern foot of the Himalayas, surrounded by mountains on the east, west, and north sides, and the Yarlung Zangbo River passes from north to south.
The line of mountains continues east of the plateau as the Qinling, which separates the Ordos Plateau from Sichuan. North of the mountains runs the Gansu or Hexi Corridor which was the main silk-road route from China proper to the West. The plateau is a high-altitude arid steppe interspersed with mountain ranges and large brackish lakes.