Category:Tibetan Plateau

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English: The Tibetan Plateau (The Communist Chinese now call it the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau) — is a vast, elevated plateau in Central Asia, centered in Tibet.
  • It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) north to south and 2,500 kilometres (1,600 miles) east to west.
  • With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 feet), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2.5 million km2 (1 million sq. mi.) — four times the size of France.
  • It covers most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai province in southwestern China, as well as part of Jammu and Kashmir province in India.

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文言: 青藏高原.
中文: 青藏高原.
Tibetan Plateau 
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Instance ofgeographic region,
plateau
LocationPeople's Republic of China
Width
  • 1,000 kilometre
Length
  • 2,500 kilometre
Area
  • 2,500,000 square kilometre
Authority control
VIAF ID: 87145857822123020448
GND ID: 4095373-7
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33° 00′ 00″ N, 88° 00′ 00″ E

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