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Tibetan Plateau en · PROPN

Meanings

1. A high altitude plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges, west of the Szechuan basin, and south of the Taklamakan Desert.
   • The source of the Yellow River is in the Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. This area is often called the "Roof of the World" because of its high altitude, the height of a place above sea level. 2001, Kim Dramer, “China's Sorrow”, in The Yellow River (Juvenile Literature), Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 7–8:
   • Were one to draw a profile of generalized altitudes of the landmass of Ling-nan and Kuei-chou Yun-nan in a southeast-northwest direction, the profile that emerges would represent a step-like formation from the sea to the Tibetan Plateau with five major "steps." 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 11:
   • The Tibetan Plateau will experience significant water loss this century due to global warming, according to research published Monday that warns of severe supply stress in a climate change "hotspot". 2022 August 16, “Tibetan Plateau water stores under threat: study”, in France 24, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2022:

Forms

Synonyms

Tibet Plateau · Himalayan Plateau

Translations (13)

cmn 青藏高原 (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · ru Тибе́тское наго́рье (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · ga Ardchlár na Tibéide (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · de Hochland von Tibet (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · ca altiplà del Tibet (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · fi Tiibetin ylänkö (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · el Υψίπεδο του Θιβέτ (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · ja チベット高原 (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · es Meseta tibetana (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · pt Planalto Tibetano (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · pl Wyżyna Tybetańska (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · ko 티베트고원 (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges) · cmn 青康藏高原 (plateau north of the Great Himalaya ranges)